FORCED PLUMES IN A STABLY STRATIFIED FLUID

Dynamics of plumes driven by localized heating in a stably stratified ambient

The transition from laminar to complex spatio-temporal dynamics of a plume driven by a localized heat source at the bottom of an enclosed cylinder whose sidewall is maintained at a fixed temperature which varies linearly up the wall is studied. Restricting the dynamics to the axisymmetric subspace, the first instability is to a puffing state. However, for smaller Grashof numbers, the plume beco...

Unsteady convectively driven flow along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid

This paper revisits the classical problem of convectively driven one-dimensional (parallel) flow along an infinite vertical plate. We consider flows induced by an impulsive (step) change in plate temperature, a sudden application of a plate heat flux, and arbitrary temporal variations in plate temperature or plate heat flux. Provision is made for pressure work and vertical temperature advection...

Prandtl number dependence of unsteady natural convection along a vertical plate in a stably stratified fluid

The Prandtl number dependence of unsteady laminar natural convection along an infinite vertical plate in a thermally stratified fluid is investigated. Flows are induced by an impulsive (step) change in plate temperature and by a suddenly imposed plate heat flux. Analytical solutions of the viscous equations of motion and thermodynamic energy are obtained for Prandtl numbers near unity by the me...

Turbulent natural convection along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid

The paper considers the moderately turbulent natural convection flow of a stably stratified fluid along an infinite vertical plate (wall). Attention is restricted to statistically stationary flow driven by constant surface forcing (heating), with Prandtl number of unity. The flow is controlled by the surface energy production rate Fs , molecular viscosity/diffusivity ν and ambient stratificatio...

Observation of near-critical reflection of internal waves in a stably stratified fluid