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A method of producing a shear flow in a stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

S. A. Thorpe
S. A. Thorpe
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey
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Abstract

When the end of a long closed horizontal tube containing a stratified fluid is raised, a laminar accelerating flow begins. The flow is two-dimensional in the central portion of the tube, and, in this region, it is predictable, at least until the onset of instability. The occurrence of instability, its nature, and the subsequent transition to turbulence, are described qualitatively. The apparatus may be used for the study of a variety of other internal hydraulic phenomena with applications to meteorology and oceanography.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , 18 June 1968 , pp. 693 - 704
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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