Collapse of Turbulent Wakes in Stably Stratified Media.

Abstract

A simple turbulent energy model and a calculation procedure are proposed, which are able to reproduce the main features of the collapse of turbulent wakes behind towed or self propelled bodies in stratified environments. The predictions of the model are shown to be in good agreement with the detailed experimental data of Lin and Pao, as well as with the flow visualization experiments of other workers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047174

Entities

People

  • S. Hassid

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Media
  • Navy
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Richardson Number
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Theoretical Analysis.