Are flows electromagnetically forced in thin stratified layers two dimensional?
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 9 (10) , 3102-3104
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869419
Abstract
The relaxation of three-dimensional perturbations in flows generated in thin density stratified layers is discussed. It is found that the relaxation time for such perturbations is small compared to the other characteristic times of the system. These results offer a basis to assess the two dimensionality of freely decaying turbulence prepared in such configurations.Keywords
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