Buoyancy Effects on a Turbulent Shear Flow.

Abstract

Utilizing a simple time dependent one-dimensional example as a test case the report discusses a solution which represents the important characteristics of a buoyancy dominated shear flow by solving four partial differential equations in addition to the mean equations of motion. This suggested model solves equations for total turbulent kinetic energy, total turbulent temperature fluctuations, eddy dissipation, and thermal eddy dissipation. Three separate versions of this model are discussed. The final version replicates results for a much more complicated version. The advantages for two and three dimensional problems are even greater. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784438

Entities

People

  • Robert N. Meroney

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Buoyancy
  • Differential Equations
  • Dissipation
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Shear Flow
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers