Reynolds number dependence of an upper bound for the long-time-averaged buoyancy flux in plane stratified Couette flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112003006797zbMath1077.76024MaRDI QIDQ4819049

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Publication date: 24 September 2004

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

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationmixingbackground variation method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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