On the calculation of the available potential energy of an isolated perturbation in a density-stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112007009743zbMath1133.76013MaRDI QIDQ5458054

K. G. Lamb

Publication date: 10 April 2008

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

zbMATH Keywords

reference densityfar-field density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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Cites Work

• On potential energy density in an incompressible, stratified fluid
• A note on potential energy density in a stratified compressible fluid
• Available potential energy and mixing in density-stratified fluids
• On the interpretation of energy and energy fluxes of nonlinear internal waves: an example from Massachusetts Bay

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