On the motion of laminar wing wakes in a stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S002211209600849XzbMath0899.76128MaRDI QIDQ4354488

Philippe R. Spalart

Publication date: 15 November 1998

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

zbMATH Keywords

diffusion equationtime-dependent Navier-Stokes equationsair traffic controlFourier spectral methodconstant density gradientself-destruction of wakespanwise circulation distributionstratification numbertwo-dimensional laminar low-diffusion incompressible flowvertical-path-time functionvortex core radius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Wakes and jets (76D25)

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