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On potential energy density in an incompressible, stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Dennis Holliday  and
Michael E. Mcintyre
Dennis Holliday
Affiliation:
R & D Associates, P.O. Box 9695, Marina del Rey, California 90291
Michael E. Mcintyre
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, England
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Abstract

Exact, positive definite expressions both in power series and in closed form are derived for the potential energy density in a continuously stratified incompressible fluid. They are useful for determining the energy of large displacements or mixing processes in regions of rapidly varying buoyancy frequency, such as a sharp pycnocline.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 107 , June 1981 , pp. 221 - 225
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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