Role of overturns in optimal mixing in stratified mixing layers

DOI10.1017/jfm.2017.374zbMath1430.76221OpenAlexW2742354893MaRDI QIDQ4972270

C. P. Caulfield, W. R. Peltier, Unnamed Author

Publication date: 25 November 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269666

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixingtransition to turbulencestratified turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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