Accession Number:

AD0769093

Title:

On the Growth and Collapse of Mixed Regions in Stratified Fluids.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Williams,K. G.

Report Date:

1973-09-25

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

Experimental observations were made of the development of a mechanically generated, mixed region in the interior of a density-stratified fluid. The results showed that internal waves were initiated in the exterior unmixed fluid before the mixed region reached its maximum vertical extent and began to collapse. Author

Descriptors:

• (*HYDRODYNAMICS
• DIFFUSION)
• (*WAKE
• DISPERSION RELATIONS)
• WAVE PROPAGATION
• MODEL TESTS
• TEST FACILITIES
• TEST METHODS
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• FLOW VISUALIZATION
• THERMAL PROPERTIES

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE