Vertical length scale selection for pancake vortices in strongly stratified viscous fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112004008067zbMath1116.76304MaRDI QIDQ4656496

Chomaz, Jean-Marc, Paul Billant, Ramiro Godoy-Diana

Publication date: 11 March 2005

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004008067

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76D50: Stratification effects in viscous fluids

76D17: Viscous vortex flows

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