The Towing of Bodies in a Stratified Fluid

Abstract

A series of experiments were conducted in water which was linearly stratified by the addition of prescribed amounts of sodium chloride to the layers of water that were carefully added to the towing tank. A circular cylinder with its axis horizontal, and perpendicular to the direction of motion, was tested as well as a vertical plate and a sphere. The experiments were intended to catalogue the kinds of flow that would be generated in various density gradients as the body's Reynolds number was increased from values starting with 5.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0743130

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  • James W. Daily
  • Walter R. Debler

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  • University of Michigan

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