2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2023
Geometry of stratified turbulent mixing: local alignment of the density gradient with rotation, shear and viscous dissipation
Xianyang Jiang, Amir Atoufi, Lu Zhu +4
We introduce a geometric analysis of turbulent mixing in density-stratified flows based on the alignment of the density gradient in two orthogonal bases that are locally constructe…
physics.flu-dyn2023
Long-wave instabilities of sloping stratified exchange flows
Lu Zhu, Amir Atoufi, Adrien Lefauve +2
We investigate the linear instability of two-layer stratified shear flows in a sloping two-dimensional channel, subject to non-zero longitudinal gravitational forces. We reveal thr…