Laboratory Studies of the Stratified Rotating Flow Passing over an Isolated Obstacle

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2003-07-17
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Westudytheflowofadensity-stratifiedfluidpassingoveranisolatedobstacle,usingtowing-tankexperiments.OurspecialconcernistheresponseoftheflowwithdifferentFroudenumberspassingoverathree-dimensionalobstacle.Aseriesofexperimentsofthestratifiedrotatingflowpassingoveranisolatedobstaclewascarriedoutwiththetowering-tankcontrolledbythesimilaritylawsanddynamicnon-dimensionparameters.TheseexperimentsshowthattheFroudenumberisaveryimportantparameter,andtheleewaveandtheeddystructureexperimentsshowthattheFroudenumberisaveryimportantparameter,andtheleewaveandtheeddystructureappearsimultaneouslyunderanappropriateconditions.Theeffectofrotationontheleewaveismainlytochangewaveamplitude,particularlytorestrainthedevelopmentoftheleewaveandtopromotetheformationofaneddy.