Accession Number:
ADA558595
Title:
Dynamics of Vorticity Defects in Stratified Shear
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Corporate Author:
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
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Report Date:
2010-10-19
Pagination or Media Count:
34.0
Abstract:
Stability of shear flows at high Reynolds number has been one of the cornerstones of hydrodynamic stability. A canonical problem which contains the basic features is that of a shear layer - two streams of different velocity owing past each other with different density. Helmholtz18 and Kelvin21 were probably the earliest to consider evolution of disturbances in a stratified vortex sheet. While attempting a more general case Rayleigh27 approximated the shear layer by piecewise-linear velocity profiles.
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Subject Categories:
- Mechanics