| Main Title |
Upstream Motions in Stratified Flow (Journal Version). |
| Author |
Castro, I. P. ;
Snyder, W. H. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab. ;Surrey Univ., Guildford (England). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Publisher |
c1988 |
| Year Published |
1988 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-88/214; |
| Stock Number |
PB89-134720 |
| Additional Subjects |
Velocity ;
Density ;
Froude number ;
Fluid flow ;
Turbulence ;
Experimental data ;
Mathematical models ;
Stratified flow
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| NTIS |
PB89-134720 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
23p |
| Abstract |
In the paper experimental measurements of the time-dependent velocity and density perturbations upstream of obstacles in linearly stratified flow are presented. Attention is concentrated on obstacles which generate turbulent separated wakes at Froude numbers, based on velocity and body height (U/Nh), of less than 0.5. The form of the upstream columnar modes is shown to be largely that of first-order unattenuating disturbances, which have little resemblance to the perturbations described by small obstacle height theories (e.g., McIntyre, 1972). For two-dimensional obstacles, the disturbances are similar to those found by Wei et al (1975) and it is shown that provided a suitable obstacle drag coefficient is specified, the lowest order modes (at least) are quantitatively consistent with the results of linear theory based on the Oseen inviscid model (e.g., Janowitz, 1981). The experiments complement earlier work and a study of the corresponding columnar disturbances upstream of three-dimensional obstacles is included. A discussion of the importance of towing tank end-walls and the relevance of the Foster & Saffman (1970) theory for the limit of zero Froude number is also included. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Fluid Mechanics, v187 p487-506 1988. Prepared in cooperation with Surrey Univ., Guildford (England). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Category Codes |
46B |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/09 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
905521091 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
