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Some two-dimensional internal waves in a stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

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

Experiments are presented in which two-dimensional internal waves were generated in a stably stratified fluid by the movement of a long horizontal circular cylinder. The cylinder was moved with a constant velocity at Reynolds numbers based on the diameter of the cylinder of between 6 and 100. Under these conditions the internal wave system is stationary with respect to the moving cylinder and the phase configuration of the waves compares well with Lighthill's theory for waves in dispersive systems.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , 23 September 1968 , pp. 715 - 720
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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