Turbulence of near-inertial waves in the continuously stratified fluid

By using the normal form of continuously stratified “primitive” equations of geophysical fluid dynamics with density (in the ocean), or potential temperature (in the atmosphere) playing the role of the vertical coordinate, we decouple vortex and wave motions in the system, introduce normal variables, and derive the effective Hamiltonian for waves with frequencies close to the inertial frequency (near-inertial waves, NIW). We then apply the weak turbulence approach to the random-phase ensembles of these waves. We show how the anisotropic scale-invariance of NIW may be exploited in order to obtain the stationary power-law spectra. The non-decay anisotropic scale-invariant dispersion laws of the NIW-type were not studied previously in the weak-turbulence literature.     

Nonlinear internal waves in a stratified fluid in a closed basin

Summary The problem of two layers of homogeneous inviscid incompressible fluid of density ϱ₁ and ϱ₂ (ϱ₁>ϱ₂) separated by a free surface in a closed basin is studied via a variational principle. A system of ordinary differential equations in the time variable, which approximate the original problem, is derived and discussed.

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Riassunto Si usa un principio variazionale per studiare il problema del moto di due fluidi omogenei incompressibili non viscosi di densità ϱ₁, ϱ₂ (ϱ₁>ϱ₂) separati da una superficie libera in un bacino chiuso. Dopo alcune approssimazioni si deriva e discute un sistema di equazioni differenziali ordinarie.

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Резюме С помоыью вариационного принципа исследуется проблема двух слоев однородной невязкой несжимаемой жидкости с плотностями ϱ₁ и ϱ₂ (ϱ₁>ϱ₂), раазделенных свободной поверхностью в замкнутом резервуаре. Выводится и обсуждается система обыкновенных дифференциальных уравнений по временной переменной, которая аппроксимирует исходную проблему.

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Work done under the auspices of C.N.R.-G.N.A.F.A.

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Partially supported by NSF under grant PHY77-18762.     

Over-reflection of travelling internal waves in a rotating stratified fluid

Summary It has been known for many years that waves of different kind propagating in a fluid and incident on a mean flow localized shear layer can exhibit, in the linear theory, a reflection coefficient larger than unity. When this phenomenon takes place the wave is said to be over-reflected at the shear layer. In this paper the over-reflection of inertial-gravity waves in a stratified rotating fluid in horizontal sheared motion is studied by making use of the constancy of the net vertical energy flux associated with the wave field. It is found that over-reflection can take place if some physical conditions, explicitly evaluated, are locally satisfied in the fluid. Such conditions are discussed and a comparison is carried out with the same phenomenon in a nonrotating system.

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Riassunto Si sa da molti anni che la teoria lineare di onde di diversa natura, propagantesi in un fluido ed interagenti con uno strato localizzato di shear, prevede, in alcuni casi, un coefficiente di riflessione maggiore dell'unità. Questo fenomeno prende il nome di super riflessione. In questo articolo si studia la super riflessione delle onde gravito-inerziali in un fluido stratificato in moto orizzontale con la velocità dipendente dalla sola coordinata verticale. Lo studio è portato a termine servendosi della condizione di continuità e costanza del flusso netto verticale di energia associata al campo d'onda. Si trova che la super riflessione avviene se sono soddisfatte alcune condizioni fisiche che sono esplicitamente determinate: tali condizioni sono inoltre discusse in dettaglio ed i risultati sono confrontati con quelli, classici, relativi alla propagazione di onde interne nei fluidi stratificati in assenza di rotazione.

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Резюме В течение многих лет известно, что линейная теория волн различной природы, которые распространяются в жидкости и взаимодействуют с локализованным пограничным слоем, предсказывает, что в некоторых случаях коэффициенты отражения могут превьщать единицу. Зто явление носит название супер-отражения (сверх-отражение) на пограничном слое. В этой статье исследуется супер-отражение инерциальной гравитационной волны в стратифицированной вращающейся жидкости в случаэ горизонтального движения со скоростью, зависящей только от вертикальной координаты. При рассмотрении учитывается постоянство результирующей вертикальной энергии, связанной с полем волны. Получено, что сверх-отражение может иметь место, если локально в жидкости выполняются некоторые физические условия. Проводится обсуждение этих условий и полученные результаты сравниваются с классическими результатами по распространению внутренних волн в стратифицированной жидкости в отсутствии вращения.

     

Modulation instability of long internal waves with moderate amplitudes in a stratified horizontally inhomogeneous ocean

It has been shown that the known effect of the modulation instability of wavepackets can occur for long internal waves with a moderate amplitude in a stratified horizontally inhomogeneous ocean under certain conditions on the vertical structure of the density field and flows. The numerical calculations that have been performed for the transformation of wavepackets in some regions of the World Ocean indicate the possibility of the appearance of rogue waves in the bulk of the Ocean.     

A visual study on flow pattern around the strip moving Uniformly in a continuously stratified fluid

The flow pattern around a thin strip horizontally towed at constant velocity in a continuously stratified liquid is visualized by conventional “Vertical slit-Foucault’s knife”, “Maksoutov’s slit-thread” and “horizontal slit-regular grating” methods. Using these sensitive high-resolution methods enables to reveal new kind of the streaky structure including a sequence of thin sloping interfaces both on the strip surface and inside its wake. When velocity or distance from the strip increases, the streaks may be turned into the sloping or nearly horizontal interfaces. Reconnections of outer edges of the streaks result in appearance of a set of symmetrical “butterfly-like” vortices, which are perturbed by a shear flow inside the downstream wake. Lift forces caused by a slope of the strip produce an asymmetry of the wake and lead to fast degeneration ofthe streaky structures.     

有限深密度分层流体中运动物体生成内波的一种等效质量源方法

采用一种等效移动质量源来模拟有限深密度分层流体中运动物体生成内波的体积效应和旋涡、湍流尾迹激发源,结合内波本征值问题及Fourier变换等方法,建立了计算运动物体生成内波垂向位移场的一种理论模型,提出了确定移动质量源速度、回转直径及长度的具体方法.利用该理论模型,对一类典型密度分层流体中运动球生成内波的波系与波形结构,以及波高特征等进行了数值模拟与分析,结果与Robey实验结果符合良好,表明了所建立理论模型的合理与有效性. 关键词： 分层流体 内波 等效质量源     

分层流体中移动动量源生成准二维偶极子涡街特性实验

采用水平移动射流方法模拟移动动量源,实验研究了该移动动量源在密度分层流体中生成准二维偶极子涡街的机理,分析了偶极子涡街的演化特性. 在系列实验基础上,获得了移动动量源在密度分层流体中能够演化为偶极子涡街的(Re,Fr)组合条件. 对不同的Re取值,获得了偶极子涡街无因次形成时间及其无因次涡街平均波长倒数与Fr之间的相关关系,表明它们不依赖于Re数,而与Fr近似为幂指数关系. 关键词： 分层流体 移动动量源 偶极子涡街 涡街形成时间     

线性密度分层流体中半球体运动生成内波的实验研究

在密度线性分布的分层流试验水槽中,对贴近侧壁面的半球体模型运动生成的内波进行了实验研究. 采用多通道电导率阵列,测量分析了拖曳模型产生内波的波形结构、垂向位移场及其相关速度等. 实验结果表明:半球体模型产生的内波可以分为两类,一类是由定常源激发的体积效应内波,另一类是由非定常源激发的尾迹内波,由前者转换为后者的临界内Froude(Fr)数是Fr_s =1.6;与球体模型实验比较,Fr_s约为球体的2/3,转换更迅速,界线更清 关键词： 分层流 半球模型 内波 尾迹     

Two-dimensional evolution equation of finite-amplitude internal gravity waves in a uniformly stratified fluid

We derive a fully nonlinear evolution equation that can describe the two-dimensional motion of finite-amplitude long internal waves in a uniformly stratified three-dimensional fluid of finite depth. The derived equation is the two-dimensional counterpart of the evolution equation obtained by Grimshaw and Yi [J. Fluid Mech. 229, 603 (1991)]. In the small-amplitude limit, our equation is reduced to the celebrated Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation.     

On the structure of internal waves excited by buoyant plumes in stratified fluid

Laboratory scale models of sewage disposal from submerged diffusers of the wastewater outfalls was carried out in the Large Thermostratified Tank of IAP RAS. It is shown that intensive interaction of internal waves occurs due to the interaction of turbulent buoyant plumes and a region of temperature bound (thermocline) and a stream propagates under a thermocline. A theoretical model of the field of internal waves is constructed for experimentally obtained velocity and density fields. It is demonstrated that the bimodal regime of internal wave excitation takes place with the first mode localized in the thermocline region and the second one in the stream. The mode excitation coefficients can be described well in the framework of self-induced internalwave generation by buoyant plumes.     

具有密度跃层分层流体中回转体激发内波特性实验

在具有连续密度跃层的分层流体中,对长径比为7:1的回转体在迎水和背水运动下激发体积效应与尾迹效应内波特性开展了系列实验.结果表明,体积效应激发内波属于一种相对于回转体定常的多模态Lee波结构,而尾迹效应激发主控内波为相对于回转体非定常的拟Lee波结构,这是一类由湍流尾迹中大尺度相干结构作为移动源激发的内波结构,在Lee波与拟Lee波之间存在一个与长径比近似为线性关系的临界转捩Froude数Fr_c,当FrFr_c 时拟Lee波为主控内波,而且拟Lee波相关速度Froude数近似为一个常数0.8,其无因次峰-峰幅值随Fr的增大近似线性增大,其中Fr为回转体特征直径Froude数.结果还表明,回转体头部与尾部几何形式并不影响其激发内波临界转捩Froude数Fr_c、 拟Lee波相关速度Froude数及其峰-峰幅值变化特性.