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On wakes in stratified fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

G. S. Janowitz
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

Abstract

The general nature of the flow at large distances from a two-dimensional body moving uniformly through an unbounded, linearly stratified, non-diffusive viscous fluid is considered. The governing equations are linearized using the Oseen and Boussinesq approximations, and the boundary conditions at the body are replaced by a linearized momentum-integral equation. The solution of this linear problem shows a system of jets upstream and a pattern of waves downstream of the body. The effects of viscosity on these lee waves are considered in detail.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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