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The internal wave pattern produced by a sphere moving vertically in a density stratified liquid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

D. E. Mowbray  and
B. S. H. Rarity
D. E. Mowbray
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
B. S. H. Rarity
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
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Abstract

Experiments were conducted to test the linear theory of internal gravity waves produced in a stably stratified liquid by the steady vertical motion of a sphere. The measurements of the phase configuration in a medium whose density increased linearly with depth were made by means of a Toepler-schlieren system. The agreement between observation and prediction was found to be good.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , 29 November 1967 , pp. 489 - 495
Copyright
© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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