Ben R. Hodges
University of Texas at Austin
Wave-induced enstrophy and dissipation in a sheared turbulent current
B.R. Hodges and R.L. Street, “Wave-induced enstrophy and dissipation in a sheared turbulent current,” in M.C. Thompson and K. Hourigan (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Vol II. pp. 717-721, 1998. (Presented at the 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Monash University, Melbourne Australia, December 13-18, 1998).
Publication year: 1998
ABSTRACT: Enstrophy and dissipation produced by turbulent wave-current
interactions are analyzed using numerical simulations. Results show vortex stretching beneath the wave trough increases the streamwise enstrophy and the
dissipation.
EXTRACT: Figure 10.
Figure 10. Wave-induced streamwise enstrophy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Supported by the Fluid Dynamics Program, U.S. Office of Naval Research, Mechanics and Energy Conversion Division, (Grant N00014-94-1-0190), and the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia.