Upon boundary conditions imposed by a stratified fluid
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Vol. 2 (1) , 289-298
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03091927108236064
Abstract
It is shown that in the limit of slow steady linearized flow and infinite stratification a stratified region lying above or below a layer of destabilized fluid produces zero velocity and zero stress boundary conditions. These novel boundary conditions constrain flow more fully than the more common rigid or free conditions, and arise because the penetrative flow in the stabilized region must pump only a finite amount of heat.Keywords
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