The anatomy of the mixing transition in homogeneous and stratified free shear layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112000008284zbMATH Open0982.76050OpenAlexW2041127576MaRDI QIDQ4506151FDOQ4506151

Authors: C. P. Caulfield, W. R. Peltier 

Publication date: 8 April 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008284

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulencemixing transitionhomogeneous free shear layerstratified free shear layersstreamwise vortex streakthree-dimensional direct numerical simulationtwo-dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz billow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to turbulence (76F06) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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