Buoyancy-driven exchange flows in inclined ducts
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Buoyancy-driven exchange flows arise in the natural and built environment wherever bodies of fluids at different densities are connected by a narrow constriction. In this paper we study these flows in the laboratory using the canonical stratified inclined duct experiment, which sustains an exchange flow in an inclined duct of rectangular cross-section over long time periods (Meyer & Linden, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 753, 2014, pp. 242–253). We study the behaviour of these sustained stratified shear flows by focusing on three dependent variables of particular interest: the qualitative flow regime (laminar, wavy, intermittently turbulent or fully turbulent), the mass flux (net transport of buoyancy between reservoirs) and the interfacial thickness (thickness of the layer of intermediate density between the two counter-flowing layers).
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1469-7645
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European Research Council (742480)