Non-invasive turbulent mixing across a density interface in a turbulent Taylor–Couette flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112010004295zbMath1205.76023OpenAlexW2031591914MaRDI QIDQ3075846

C. P. Caulfield, Andrea S. Kuesters, Julien R. Landel, Andrew W. Woods

Publication date: 17 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010004295

zbMATH Keywords

Taylor-Couette flowstratified flowsmixing and dispersion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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