Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Wakes in Stratified Flows.

Abstract

The long range goal of this research was to obtain, by laboratory experimentation and associated theoretical/numerical analysis, an increased understanding of the dynamics of stratified flow past blunt obstacles including two-dimensional ones such as right circular cylinders and three- dimensional ones such as spheres. Emphasis was given to such phenomena as blocking, flow separation, vortex shedding, lee-wave generation, unsteady characteristics of the free stream, and lift and drag on the obstacles in question.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1995
Accession Number
ADA290203

Entities

People

  • Don L. Boyer
  • Harindra Fernando

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Frequency
  • Froude Number
  • Internal Waves
  • Mechanics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Vortex Shedding

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Dynamics.