Maximal mixing rate in turbulent stably stratified Couette flow

DOI10.1063/1.1351856zbMath1184.76085OpenAlexW2092533287MaRDI QIDQ3555423

C. P. Caulfield, R. R. Kerswell

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1351856

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsturbulencemixingCouette flowstratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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