Accession Number:

AD0738487

Title:

Diffusion of a Passive Scalar

Descriptive Note:

Quarterly technical rept. Aug-Nov 1971

Corporate Author:

TRW SYSTEMS GROUP REDONDO BEACH CA

Personal Author(s):

• Ko, Denny R.
• Alber, Irwin E.

Report Date:

1972-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

44.0

Abstract:

An analytical model is developed for the prediction of mixing and decay of a passive scalar within the turbulent wake of a submerged body operating beneath the ocean surface. The scaling parameters are identified from the governing equations. Moreover, a review of the existing theoretical and experimental studies of diffusion in an ocean environment is given. The application to the present problem of interest is briefly discussed.

Descriptors:

• *SUBMARINES
• *SEA WATER
• *RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
• *NUCLEAR PROPULSION
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• TURBULENCE
• WAKE
• OCEANS

Subject Categories:

• Submarine Engineering
• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE