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Dynamic modeling of two layered stratification

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Date Issued:
1992
Summary:
In this thesis, a two-dimensional in the vertical plane numerical model has been developed for simulation of the free surface and density interface profiles due to a wind shear stress applied on a stratified water body, such as lake or reservoir. The results agreed qualitatively and quantitatively with our experimental results, as well as with the work of other researchers. A computer algorithm is established that can be used to estimate the shear stress along the interface and the velocity field throughout the water body. The model can be applied for prediction of wind-induced mixing processes in elongated lakes or reservoirs.
Title: Dynamic modeling of two layered stratification.
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Name(s): Zhang, Yaodong.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Scarlatos, Panagiotis (Pete) D., Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1992
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 115 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: In this thesis, a two-dimensional in the vertical plane numerical model has been developed for simulation of the free surface and density interface profiles due to a wind shear stress applied on a stratified water body, such as lake or reservoir. The results agreed qualitatively and quantitatively with our experimental results, as well as with the work of other researchers. A computer algorithm is established that can be used to estimate the shear stress along the interface and the velocity field throughout the water body. The model can be applied for prediction of wind-induced mixing processes in elongated lakes or reservoirs.
Identifier: 14809 (digitool), FADT14809 (IID), fau:11598 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.
Subject(s): Upwelling
Turbulence
Density currents
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