Turbulent mixing in strongly stratified shear flows
Abstract eng: Motivated by the importance of irreversible mixing in geophysical and environmental flows, we seek to understand the dependence of its efficiency under strongly stratified conditions through an investigation of two types of stratified shear instabilities: the Kelvin-Helmholtz and Holmboe wave instabilities. Our numerical findings suggests that mixing efficiency of energetically turbulent flows may never become suppressed despite arbitrarily strong stratification in the Holmboe wave case.
Publisher:
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2016
Conference Title:
Conference Title:
24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Conference Venue:
Montreal (CA)
Conference Dates:
2016-08-21 / 2016-08-26
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Text je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
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