An internal splash: Levitation of falling spheres in stratified fluids

DOI10.1063/1.1687685MaRDI QIDQ3554391zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nicole Abaid, David Adalsteinsson, Akua Agyapong, Richard M. Mclaughlin

Publication date 22 April 2010

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/011d5cb54c3409eaf60a85dec8e89e471b870132

zbMATH Keywords

differential equationsnonlinear dynamical systemsturbulent diffusionrefractive indexstratified flowoptical distortion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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• On the rising and sinking motion of bouncing oil drops in strongly stratified liquids
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