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Dimensional transition of energy cascades in stably stratified thin fluid layers
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Numerical simulations of a thin layer of turbulent flow in stably stratified conditions within the Boussinesq approximation have been performed. The statistics of energy transfer among scales have been investigated for different values of control parameters: thickness of the layer and density stratification. It is shown that in a thin layer with a quasi-two-dimensional phenomenology, stratification provides a new channel for the energy transfer towards small scales and reduces the inverse cascade. The role of vortex stretching and enstrophy flux in the transfer of kinetic energy into potential energy at small scales is discussed.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Fluid Dynamics
Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1405.7824
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915074