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A similarity solution for viscous internal waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

N. H. Thomas  and
T. N. Stevenson
N. H. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
T. N. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
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Abstract

A similarity solution is presented which describes the internal waves generated by a simple-harmonic localized disturbance in a stably stratified viscous fluid. Some experimental results support the theoretical predictions for the waves in a linearly stratified salt solution.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , 8 August 1972 , pp. 495 - 506
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© 1972 Cambridge University Press

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Thomas, N. H. 1971 Ph.D. thesis, University of Manchester.