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Stratified flow over a bounded obstacle in a channel of finite height

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

G. S. Janowitz
G. S. Janowitz
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650
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Abstract

The steady-state solution for the stratified flow over a bounded obstacle in a channel of finite height is obtained through the use of the inviscid unsteady Oseen equations; the body streamline encloses and is produced by a planar momentum sink. The calculations are compared with the experimental observations of Wei, Kao & Pao (1975) and Baines (1977). In a case where theoretical and experimental values match, good agreement was found. This suggests that the Oseen model with its columnar, wavelike and decaying solutions may provide a reasonable alternative to Long's model for subcritical flows.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 110 , September 1981 , pp. 161 - 170
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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