On the possibility of wave-induced chaos in a sheared, stably stratified fluid layer
| Autor: | Manuel G. Velarde, W. B. Zimmermann |
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| Přispěvatelé: | EGU, Publication, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid] (UCM) |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Wave propagation
[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences Viscous liquid [SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] Physics::Fluid Dynamics Viscosity symbols.namesake Inviscid flow 0103 physical sciences lcsh:Science 010306 general physics Physics Richardson number [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] lcsh:QC801-809 Reynolds number Mechanics Rest frame lcsh:QC1-999 lcsh:Geophysics. Cosmic physics [PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] [SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences symbols lcsh:Q Shear flow lcsh:Physics |
| Zdroj: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 219-223 (1994) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, European Geosciences Union (EGU), 1994, 1 (4), pp.219-223 ResearcherID |
| ISSN: | 1607-7946 1023-5809 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/npg-1-219-1994 |
| Popis: | International audience; Shear flow in a stable stratification provides a waveguide for internal gravity waves. In the inviscid approximation, internal gravity waves are known to be unstable below a threshold in Richardson number. However, in a viscous fluid, at low enough Reynolds number, this threshold recedes to Ri = 0. Nevertheless, even the slightest viscosity strongly damps internal gravity waves when the Richardson number is small (shear forces dominate buoyant forces). In this paper we address the dynamics that approximately govern wave propagation when the Richardson number is small and the fluid is viscous. When Ri << 1, to a first approximation, the transport equations for thermal energy and momentum decouple. Thus, a large amplitude temperature wave then has little effect on the fluid velocity. Under such conditions in the atmosphere, a small amplitude "turbulent burst" is observed, transporting momentum rapidly and seemingly randomly. A regular perturbation scheme from a base state of a passing temperature wave and no velocity disturbance is developed here. Small thermal energy convection-momentum transport coupling is taken into account. The elements of forcing, wave dispersion, (turbulent) dissipation under strong shearing, and weak nonlinearity lead to this dynamical equation for the amplitude A of the turbulent burst in velocity: A? = ?1A + ?2A?? + ?3A??? + ?4AA? + b(?) where ? is the coordinate of the rest frame of the passing temperature wave whose horizontal profile is b(?). The parameters ?i are constants that depend on the Reynolds number. The above dynamical system is know to have limit cycle and chaotic attrators when forcing is sinusoidal and wave attenuation negligible. |
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