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Titel The lifecycle of axisymmetric internal solitary waves
VerfasserIn J. M. McMillan, B. R. Sutherland
Medientyp Artikel
Sprache Englisch
ISSN 1023-5809
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Erschienen In: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ; 17, no. 5 ; Nr. 17, no. 5 (2010-09-10), S.443-453
Datensatznummer 250013724
Publikation (Nr.) Volltext-Dokument vorhandencopernicus.org/npg-17-443-2010.pdf
 
Zusammenfassung
The generation and evolution of solitary waves by intrusive gravity currents in an approximate two-layer fluid with equal upper- and lower-layer depths is examined in a cylindrical geometry by way of theory and numerical simulations. The study is limited to vertically symmetric cases in which the density of the intruding fluid is equal to the average density of the ambient. We show that even though the head height of the intrusion decreases, it propagates at a constant speed well beyond 3 lock radii. This is because the strong stratification at the interface supports the formation of a mode-2 solitary wave that surrounds the intrusion head and carries it outwards at a constant speed. The wave and intrusion propagate faster than a linear long wave; therefore, there is strong supporting evidence that the wave is indeed nonlinear. Rectilinear Korteweg-de Vries theory is extended to allow the wave amplitude to decay as r-p with p=½ and the theory is compared to the observed waves to demonstrate that the width of the wave scales with its amplitude. After propagating beyond 7 lock radii the intrusion runs out of fluid. Thereafter, the wave continues to spread radially at a constant speed, however, the amplitude decreases sufficiently so that linear dispersion dominates and the amplitude decays with distance as r-1.
 
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