Dynamics of pancake-like vortices in a stratified fluid: experiments, model and numerical simulations
DOI10.1017/S0022112001003482zbMath0988.76028WikidataQ114873770 ScholiaQ114873770MaRDI QIDQ2726656
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Publication date: 27 June 2002
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
cylindrical coordinates; vortex dynamics; Boussinesq equations; viscous diffusion; staggered grid; diffusion model; time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations; fractional step method; vortex decay; laboratory experiments; stretching effect; buoyancy-induced second circulation; central second-order finite difference scheme; linearly stratified non-rotating fluid; pancake-like isolated monopolar vortices; purely axisymmetric swirling flow; vertical density profile
76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics
76M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics
76D50: Stratification effects in viscous fluids
76D17: Viscous vortex flows
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