On the boundary layer arising in the spin-up of a stratified fluid in a container with sloping walls

DOI10.1017/S0022112096004715zbMath0892.76015MaRDI QIDQ4362001

Peter W. Duck, M. R. Foster, Richard E. Hewitt

Publication date: 3 August 1998

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

zbMATH Keywords

similarity-type solution; finite breakdown of boundary layer; fluid eruption; retardation phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76V05: Reaction effects in flows