Dynamics of interfaces and layers in a stratified turbulent fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112097007970zbMath0905.76038OpenAlexW2001307940MaRDI QIDQ4398566

Neil J. Balmforth, Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith, William R. Young

Publication date: 20 July 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097007970

zbMATH Keywords

parabolic differential equationslinear stratificationdensity of turbulent kinetic energyhorizontally averaged vertical buoyancy gradientinstability of equilibriamechanical forcingmodel of mixing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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