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Mixed-region collapse in a stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

P. C. Manins
P. C. Manins
Affiliation:
Division of Atmospheric Physics, C.S.I.R.O., P.O. Box 77, MordiaUoc, Victoria 3195, Australia
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Abstract

A simplified theoretical model of a collapsing mixed region in a stably stratified fluid, as studied experimentally by Wu (1969), is presented. Unlike previous work the model describes the mixed region itself in the ‘principal stage’ of collapse. An inertia-buoyancy balance assumption is invoked, resulting in good quantitative agreement with Wu's results.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , 9 September 1976 , pp. 177 - 184
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© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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