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DNS of a Double Diffusive Instability

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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IX

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In the present numerical study we consider a body of water with a stable temperature-induced density gradient and an unstable salinity-induced density gradient resulting in an overall density gradient that is weakly stable.

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Acknowledgments

This research was partially sponsored by the European Marie Curie project CLIMSEAS-PIRSES-GA-2009-247512.

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  1. Brunel University, London, UK

    J. G. Wissink

  2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    H. Herlina

  3. University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

    S. I. Voropayev & H. J. S. Fernando

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  1. Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jochen Fröhlich

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Hans Kuerten

  3. Faculty EEMCS, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Vincenzo Armenio

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Wissink, J.G., Herlina, H., Voropayev, S.I., Fernando, H.J.S. (2015). DNS of a Double Diffusive Instability. In: Fröhlich, J., Kuerten, H., Geurts, B., Armenio, V. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IX. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14448-1_27

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