A comparison of the turbulence evolution in a stratified fluid with vertical or horizontal shear

DOI10.1088/1468-5248/3/1/055zbMath1083.76527MaRDI QIDQ3373006

Frank G. Jacobitz

Publication date: 10 March 2006

Published in: Journal of Turbulence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-5248/3/1/055

zbMATH Keywords

velocity; density; eddy diffusivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76F10: Shear flows and turbulence

76F65: Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence

76F45: Stratification effects in turbulence

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