Dynamics of pancake-like vortices in a stratified fluid: experiments, model and numerical simulations

DOI10.1017/S0022112001003482zbMath0988.76028OpenAlexW2092462955WikidataQ114873770 ScholiaQ114873770MaRDI QIDQ2726656

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Publication date: 27 June 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112001003482

zbMATH Keywords

cylindrical coordinatesvortex dynamicsBoussinesq equationsviscous diffusionstaggered griddiffusion modeltime-dependent Navier-Stokes equationsfractional step methodvortex decaylaboratory experimentsstretching effectbuoyancy-induced second circulationcentral second-order finite difference schemelinearly stratified non-rotating fluidpancake-like isolated monopolar vorticespurely axisymmetric swirling flowvertical density profile

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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