Direct numerical simulations of the turbulence evolution in a uniformly sheared and stably stratified flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112097005478zbMath0900.76172OpenAlexW2090702722MaRDI QIDQ4361906

C. W. Van Atta, Sutanu Sarkar, Frank G. Jacobitz

Publication date: 30 March 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097005478

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M70)

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