Secondary generation of breaking internal waves in confined basins by gravity currents

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.309zbMath1492.76031OpenAlexW3159140989MaRDI QIDQ4987920

Nicholas T. Ouellette, Jeffrey R. Koseff, Yukinobu Tanimoto

Publication date: 11 May 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.309

zbMATH Keywords

wave breakingexperimental verificationtwo-layer stratificationbaroclinic effectdiapycnal mixinglow-frequency internal surge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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On the interaction between oncoming internal waves and a dense gravity current in a two-layer stratification

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