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Viscous effects in a vertically propagating internal wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

D. Gordon
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
T. N. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester

Abstract

A circular cylinder is positioned horizontally in an incompressible stably stratified fluid which has a constant Brunt-Väisälä frequency. A vertical two-dimensional internal wave is produced when the cylinder is oscillated at this natural frequency. A small amplitude viscous similarity solution which explains the main features of the internal wave is presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1972 Cambridge University Press

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