The role of dissipation and mixing in exchange flow through a contracting channel

DOI10.1017/S0022112099007727zbMath0957.76011OpenAlexW2167928090MaRDI QIDQ4496523

Harvey E. Seim, Kraig B. Winters

Publication date: 25 March 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099007727

zbMATH Keywords

density-stratified fluidshear instabilitiescontracting channellarge-scale exchange flowsubgrid-scale turbulencetwo-layer decompositiontwo-layer hydraulic theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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