Turbulence and mixing in unsteady breaking surface waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006120zbMath1181.76005MaRDI QIDQ5187637

W. K. Melville, David A. Drazen

Publication date: 26 February 2010

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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Uses Software

• DPIV

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