Hydraulic jumps at boundaries in rotating fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112096007835zbMath0885.76102OpenAlexW2059602252MaRDI QIDQ4354041

W. K. Melville, Alexey V. Fedorov

Publication date: 22 April 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096007835

zbMATH Keywords

evolution equationmass transportpotential vorticityenergy lossjump relationsboundary layer regionbreaking of Kelvin waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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