Stratified turbulent mixing in oscillating shear flows

DOI10.1017/jfm.2022.537zbMath1500.76039OpenAlexW4283825744MaRDI QIDQ5089773

Unnamed Author, C. P. Caulfield

Publication date: 15 July 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.537

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationKelvin-Helmholtz instabilitystratified flowshear oscillation cycletime-dependent shear forcing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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