Numerical simulations of large-amplitude internal solitary waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112098008799zbMath0931.76020OpenAlexW2011161774MaRDI QIDQ4219880

Omar M. Knio, Dmitry E. Terez

Publication date: 10 November 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098008799

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationwave structurepycnoclinecritical wave amplitudeincompressible two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equationsintrusional bulgeLagragian particle tracking schememode-2 internal solitary wavesnormalized wave amplitude

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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