Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Flows

by Davies, Peter A.

• ISBN13: 9780198500155
• ISBN10: 0198500157
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-15
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This volume collects numerous recent advances in the study of stratified fluids. It includes analytical and experimental work from a wide range of fields, including meteorology, limnology, oceanography, and the study of estuarine processes. It also includes fundamental research on stratified and rotating fluid dynamics. A compendium of current work, the book is an ideal starting point for future research.

Table of Contents

Downslope Flows into a Stratified Environment - Structure and Detrainment	1	(22)
P.G. Baines
A Numerical Simulation Study of Two - Dimensional Gravity Currents	23	(16)
C. Hartel
M. Michaud
Experimental Study of Heavy-Gas Dispersion on Sloping Surfaces	39	(18)
J. Muller
T.K. Fannelp
The Effect of Uphill Slopes on Mixing in Turbulent Gravity Currents	57	(16)
M.A. Brown
Richardson Number Dependence of Three--Dimensional Motions in Shear Flows	73	(16)
C.P. Caulfield
W.R. Peltier
Confined and Unbounded Mixing in Stratified Flows	89	(16)
J.M. Redondo
M.A. Sanchez
I.R. Cantalapiedra
Breaking Progressive Internal Gravity Waves: Two - Dimensional and Preliminary Three-Dimensional Numerical Experiments	105	(18)
C. Koudella
C. Staquet
Vertical Velocity Structure and Eddy Scale Distribution in the Water Column of the Stratified Lake of Geneva	123	(22)
U. Lemmin
R. Jiang
Interior and Basin-Wide Diapycnal Mixing in Stratified Water: A Comparison of Dissipation and Diffusivity	145	(20)
G.-H. Goudsmit
A. Wuest
The Development of Layers in a Stratified Fluid	165	(16)
J.M. Holford
P.F. Linden
The Erosion of a Salinity Step by a Localized Heat Source	181	(16)
D.M. Leppinen
S.B. Dalziel
Experimental Studies of Thorpe Scale Decay Rate	197	(16)
A.M. Folkard
H.J.S. Fernando
Aspects of Turbulent Mixing at Density Interfaces	213	(16)
E.J. Strang
H.J.S. Fernando
E. Kit
Development and Erosion of a Mixing Layer in a Stratified Flow	229	(22)
S.A. Walker
G.A. Hamill
H.T. Johnston
An Ex perimental/Numerical Study of Internal Wave Transmission Across an Evanescent Level	251	(12)
B.R. Sutherland
P.F. Linden
The Temporal Evolutaion of the Boundary Layer in a Rotating Stratified Fluid	263	(16)
R.E. Hewitt
P.W. Duck
M.R. Foster
The Use of Particle Image Velocimetry for the Measurement of the Effect of Post Breaking Turbullence on Stratified Fluids	279	(10)
D.B. Hann
C.A. Greated
P.A. Davies
Stably Stratified Flow in a Rectangular Conatainer: Cell Patternm Formation and Anomalous Diffusion	289	(20)
G.J.F. van Heijst
H.J.H. Clercx
S.R. Maassen
J.B. Flor
Vortex Solitons in Stably Stratified Differentially Rotating Fluid	309	(14)
A. Stegner
V. Zeitlin
An Experimental Investigation of the Entrainment into a Buoyant Jet in a Weak Crossflow	323	(18)
S.J. Gaskin
I.R. Wood
Three-Dimensional Plume of the Rhone River	341	(14)
N. Durand
S. Arnoux- Chiavassa
S. Ouillon
V. Rey
P. Fraunie
A Heated Vertical Buoyant Jet in a Crossflow	355	(18)
P.N. Papanicolaou
J.N.E. Papaspyros
E.G. Kastrinakis
S.G. Nychas
Tracer Dispersion by Internal Solitary Waves in Stable Stratifications	373	(20)
W.B. Zimmerman
G.W. Haarlemmer
Vertical Dispersion of Passive Scalars Within and Across Stably Stratified Inversion Layers	393	(14)
V. Schilling
D. Etling
Surface and Planetary Boundary-Layer Modelling of Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layers	407	(16)
D. Xu
W. Weng
L. Chan
P. Taylor
Beamsteering Analysis of Internal Gravity Waves in the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer	423	(16)
J.C.W. Denholm-Price
J.M. Rees
P.S. Anderson
J.C. King
A Case Study of Plume Dispersion During the Evolution of a Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer	439	(16)
M. Bennett
H.E. Jorgensen
E. Lyck
P.Lfstrm
T. Mikkelsen
S. Ott
Forecasting of Plume Dispersion around a Power Plant	455	(22)
M.J. Souto
V. Perez-Munuzuri
J.A. Souto
M.de Castro
J.J. Casares
Separated Flow Around Bluff Obstacles at Low Froude Number; Vortex Shedding and Estimates of Drag	477	(16)
J.C.R. Hunt
H.J.S. Fernando
Investigation of the Effect of Atmospheric Stability on Characteristic Decay Times of Tracer Concentrations in the Wake of an Isolated Obstacle	493	(12)
I. Mavroidis
R.F. Griffiths
Experiments on Two-Dimensional Lee-Wave Breaking in Stratified Flow	505	(16)
P. Bonneton
O. Auban
M. Perrier
The Effects of Stable Stratification on the Flow Around a Horizontal Circular Cylinder in a Channel of Finite Depth	521	(20)
S. Ozono
N. Aota
Y. Ohya
Mixing in Stratified Flow Over Three-Dimensional Obstacles	541	(16)
M.F. Paisley
I.P. Castro
Boundary Effects on Buoyant Cloud Discharges	557	(16)
P.A. Davies
I.R. Coulbourn
H. Newton
G. Yu
J. Doorschott
The Effect of the Tidal Barrage on the Flows and Mixing in the Tees Estuary	573	(18)
A.M. Riddle
R.E. Lewis
Entrainment and Mixing in Long Sea Outfalls	591	(28)
K.H.M. Ali
R. Burrows
K. Spence
P.A. Davies
Fluid Mud Transport in the Laboratory and in the Field	619
K.H.M. Ali
M. Crapper
B.A. O'Connor