Download or read book Waves and Turbulence in Stably Stratified Fluids written by F. P. Bretherton and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spectra of Internal Waves and Turbulence in Stratified Fluids Part I General Discussion and Indications from Measurements in Stably Stratified Atmosphere and Ocean written by Yih-Ho Pao and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified spectral description of internal waves and turbulence in stably stratified atmosphere and ocean is proposed. We envisage that the fluctuating motions in a free atmosphere with scales smaller than the synoptic scale consist of internal waves and turbulence. At low wavenumbers, internal waves predominate; this range of wavenumbers may be called the internal wave subrange. The internal waves can be identified from the characteristics of velocity-scalar co-spectra and quadrature-spectra, as shown recently by Pao in a laboratory experiment. When the internal waves are sufficiently strong and distinct, the different harmonics of internal waves may present themselves in the auto-spectra of velocity and temperature, where the peaks and valleys are clearly identifiable. This, we believe, explains the presence of peaks and valleys in some velocity auto-spectra of clear air turbulence measured in strongly stratified regions of the atmosphere. At intermediate wavenumbers (buoyant subrange), the buoyancy effect is still strong but the turbulent scrambling process becomes important; the higher-order harmonics of internal waves are no longer distinct and cannnot be detected in the auto-spectra. (Author).
Download or read book Spectra of Internal Waves and Turbulence in Stratified Fluids General discussion and indications from measurements in stably stratified atmosphere and ocean written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Stratified Flows written by Roger Grimshaw and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dynamics of flows in density-stratified fluids has been and remains now an important topic for scientific enquiry. Such flows arise in many contexts, ranging from industrial settings to the oceanic and atmospheric environments. It is the latter topic which is the focus of this book. Both the ocean and atmosphere are characterised by the basic vertical density stratification, and this feature can affect the dynamics on all scales ranging from the micro-scale to the planetary scale. The aim of this book is to provide a “state-of-the-art” account of stratified flows as they are relevant to the ocean and atmosphere with a primary focus on meso-scale phenomena; that is, on phenomena whose time and space scales are such that the density stratification is a dominant effect, so that frictional and diffusive effects on the one hand and the effects of the earth’s rotation on the other hand can be regarded as of less importance. This in turn leads to an emphasis on internal waves.
Download or read book Turbulence in Rotating Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids written by P. A. Davidson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two recurring themes in astrophysical and geophysical fluid mechanics: waves and turbulence. This book investigates how turbulence responds to rotation, stratification or magnetic fields, identifying common themes, where they exist, as well as the essential differences which inevitably arise between different classes of flow. The discussion is developed from first principles, making the book suitable for graduate students as well as professional researchers. The author focuses first on the fundamentals and then progresses to such topics as the atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence in the upper atmosphere, turbulence in the core of the earth, zonal winds in the giant planets, turbulence within the interior of the sun, the solar wind, and turbulent flows in accretion discs. The book will appeal to engineers, geophysicists, astrophysicists and applied mathematicians who are interested in naturally occurring turbulent flows.
Download or read book Turbulence Measurements in Stably Stratified Fluids written by y. H. Pao and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A towing tank system was used to study the structure of turbulence in stably stratified fluids. Turbulence is generated by moving an obstacle (a grid or a cylinder) in a tank of stratified salt water. Recent improved shadowgraph pictures of these laboratory generated stratified flows are shown in the paper. They give further support to Pao's observation that (1) internal waves and turbulence coexist in turbulent stratified flows, with internal waves at the large scales and turbulence at the small scales; (2) turbulence decays much more rapidly than internal waves; and (3) the turbulent-nonturbulent interfaces are not necessarily sharp, and the transition region may consist of mostly internal waves. Diagnostic methods to distinguish internal waves from turbulence with two probe measurements are proposed. (Author).
Download or read book Undulance and Turbulence in Stably Stratified Media written by Yih-Ho Pao and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin and the structure of undulance and turbulence in stably stratified media are investigated through theoretical reasoning and laboratory experiments. The mechanisms for generating turbulence in stably stratified media are linked with the mechanisms for generating vorticity - shear and stratification. The dual role of stable stratification -- the capability for generating and attenuating turbulence -- is pointed out. The turbulence induced by stable stratification is evidenced in two experimental results: (1) turbulent rotors in the lee of a barrier in a stably stratified fluid, and (2) the breaking of traveling internal waves on a sloping surface. The ability of stable stratification to generate turbulence is also indicated from an exact solution for an inviscid stably stratified flow past a barrier. The structure of undulance and turbulence in stably stratified media is investigated in a stratified salt water towing tank, with schlieren photographs, quartz-coated hot-film probes, and single electrode conductivity probes. The schlieren photographs show clearly the collapse of a turbulent wake and the attenuation of turbulence by stable stratification. Auto-correlations and -spectra for the streamwise turbulent velocity field and for the turbulent concentration field are obtained. From the measured correlations and spectra, the combined wave-turbulence behavior is clearly shown, and the turbulence is strongly anisotropic. (Author).
Download or read book Waves and Turbulence in Stably Stratified Flows written by S. D. Mobbs and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, containing twenty papers, includes the majority of those presented at the third IMA conference on stably stratified flows, held in Leeds in December 1989. The theme of the conference was waves and turbulence in stably stratified flows, although papers covering other aspects ofstably stratified flows are also included. A wide variety of techniques are described, ranging from numerical simulation, through laboratory studies, to field observations of the atmosphere. Some papers address fundamental aspects of turbulence in stably stratfied flows such as turbulence collapseand local scaling. Six of the papers report investigations motivated by Antarctic field studies, reflecting the importance of that region for research on the stably stratified atmosphere. Eight papers deal with aspects of mixing in stably stratified flows, of which four are directly concerned withindustrial applications. Observations of atmospheric internal gravity waves are discussed in two papers whilst a further two report studies of rotating, stratified flows with application to large-scale atmospheric and oceanic dynamics.
Download or read book Spectra of Internal Waves and Turbulence in Stratified Fluids written by Yih-Ho Pao and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Waves and Turbulence in Stably Stratified Flows written by S. D. Mobbs and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buoyancy Effects in Fluids written by John Stewart Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-12-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomena treated in this book all depend on the action of gravity on small density differences in a non-rotating fluid. The author gives a connected account of the various motions which can be driven or influenced by buoyancy forces in a stratified fluid, including internal waves, turbulent shear flows and buoyant convection. This excellent introduction to a rapidly developing field, first published in 1973, can be used as the basis of graduate courses in university departments of meteorology, oceanography and various branches of engineering. This edition is reprinted with corrections, and extra references have been added to allow readers to bring themselves up to date on specific topics. Professor Turner is a physicist with a special interest in laboratory modelling of small-scale geophysical processes. An important feature is the superb illustration of the text with many fine photographs of laboratory experiments and natural phenomena.
Download or read book Turbulence and Diffusion in Stable Environments written by Julian C. R. Hunt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
Download or read book On the Difference Between Waves and Turbulence in a Stratified Fluid written by Edmond M. Dewan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the theoretical and experimental physical differences between waves and turbulence? The motivation behind this question is related to the practical problems associated with laser beam propagation and pollution transport in the atmosphere. Because turbulence causes mixing and waves do not, one must not regard turbulence as a field of random waves. The power density spectrum of velocity fluctuations, when taken along, cannot be used to distinguish between waves and turbulence. Its physical interpretation can differ radically depending upon which type of motion is involved. Two approaches are used here to differentiate theoretically and experimentally between waves and turbulence. The first involves the degree of interaction between modes. The second approach depends on the mixing property of turbulence.
Download or read book Statistical Theories and Computational Approaches to Turbulence written by Y. Kaneda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the papers presented at the workshop on Statistical The ories and Computational Approaches to Turbulence: Modern Perspectives and Applications to Global-Scale Flows, held October 10-13, 2001, at Nagoya Uni versity, Nagoya, Japan. Because of recent developments in computational capabilities, the compu tational approach is showing the potential to resolve a much wider range of length and time scales in turbulent physical systems. Nevertheless, even with the largest supercomputers of the foreseeable future, development of adequate modeling techniques for at least some scales of motion will be necessary for practical computations of important problems such as weather forecasting and the prediction and control of global pollution. The more powerful the available machines become, the more demand there will be for precise prediction of the systems. This means that more precise and reliable knowledge of the underlying dynamics will become important, and that more efficient and precise numerical methods best adapted to the new generation of computers will be necessary. The understanding of the nature of unresolved scales then will playa key role in the modeling of turbulent motion. The challenge to turbulence theory here is to elucidate the physics or dynamics of those scales, in particular their sta tistical aspects, and thereby develop models on sound bases to reduce modeling ambiguity. The challenge to the computational method is to develop efficient algorithms suitable for the problems, the machines, and the developed models.
Download or read book Environmental Fluid Dynamics written by Jorg Imberger and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad cross-section of scientists working in aquatic environments will enjoy this treatment of environmental fluid dynamics, a foundation for elucidating the importance of hydrodynamics and hydrology in the regulation of energy.
Download or read book Turbulent Mixing in Stably stratified Fluids Subjected to Zero mean Shear written by Imad Awni Hannoun and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physics Of Buoyant Flows From Instabilities To Turbulence written by Mahendra Kumar Verma and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gravity pervades the whole universe; hence buoyancy drives fluids everywhere including those in the atmospheres and interiors of planets and stars. Prime examples of such flows are mantle convection, atmospheric flows, solar convection, dynamo process, heat exchangers, airships and hot air balloons. In this book we present fundamentals and applications of thermal convection and stratified flows.Buoyancy brings in extremely rich phenomena including waves and instabilities, patterns, chaos, and turbulence. In this book we present these topics in a systematic manner. First we present a unified treatment of linear theory that yields waves and thermal instability for stably and unstably-stratified flows respectively. We extend this analysis to include rotation and magnetic field. We also describe nonlinear saturation and pattern formation in Rayleigh-Bénard convection.The second half of the book is dedicated to buoyancy-driven turbulence, both in stably-stratified flow and in thermal convection. We describe the spectral theory including energy flux and show that the thermally-driven turbulence is similar to hydrodynamic turbulence. We also describe large-scale quantities like Reynolds and Nusselt numbers, flow anisotropy, and the dynamics of flow structures, namely flow reversals. Thus, this book presents all the major aspects of the buoyancy-driven flows in a coherent manner that would appeal to advanced graduate students and researchers.
