Validation of line and continuum spectroscopic parameters with measurements of atmospheric emitted spectral radiance from far to mid infrared wave number range

Stability curves are computed for both spatially and temporally growing disturbances in a stratified mixing layer between two uniform streams. The low Froude number limit, in which the effects of buoyancy predominate, and the high Froude number limit, in which the effects of density variation are manifested by the inertial terms of the vorticity equation, are considered as limiting cases. For the buoyant case, although the spatial growth rates can be predicted reasonably well by suitable use of the results for temporal growth, spatially growing disturbances appear to have high group velocities near the lower cutoff wave-number. For the inertial case, it is demonstrated that density variations can be destabilizing. More precisely, when the stream with the higher velocity has the lower density, both the wave-number range of unstable disturbances and the maximum spatial growth rate are increased relative to the case of homogeneous flow. Finally, it is shown how the growth rate of the most unstable wave in the inertial case diminishes as buoyancy becomes important.

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Hydromagnetic Stability of Two Rivlin-Ericksen Elastico-Viscous Superposed Conducting Fluids

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A ◽

10.1515/zna-1997-6-711 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 52 (6-7) ◽

pp. 528-532

Author(s):

R. C. Sharma ◽

P. Kumar

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Wave Number ◽

Horizontal Magnetic Field ◽

Number Range ◽

Wave Number Range ◽

Unstable Configuration ◽

The Stability ◽

Superposed Fluids ◽

The Magnetic Field ◽

Conducting Fluids

Abstract The stability of the plane interface separating two Rivlin-Ericksen elastico-viscous superposed fluids of uniform densities when the whole system is immersed in a uniform horizontal magnetic field has been studied. The stability analysis has been carried out, for mathematical simplicity, for two highly viscous fluids of equal kinematic viscosities and equal kinematic viscoelasticities. It is found that the stability criterion is independent of the effects of viscosity and viscoelasticity and is dependent on the orientation and magnitude of the magnetic field. The magnetic field is found to stabilize a certain wave-number range of the unstable configuration. The behaviour of growth rates with respect to kinematic viscosity and kinematic viscoelasticity parameters are examined numerically.

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Absorption coefficient of Dupont Teflon FEP in the 20–130 wave-number range

Applied Optics ◽

10.1364/ao.24.002746 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 24 (17) ◽

pp. 2746 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Mark A. Ordal ◽

Robert J. Bell ◽

Ralph W. Alexander ◽

Raymond E. Paul

Keyword(s):

Absorption Coefficient ◽

Wave Number ◽

Number Range ◽

Wave Number Range

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Liquid Turbulence Spectra in Two-Phase Bubbly Flow Under Turbulence Augmentation and Suppression Conditions

Volume 1: Symposia, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/fedsm2006-98335 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed E. Shawkat ◽

Chan Y. Ching ◽

Mamdouh Shoukri

Keyword(s):

Void Fraction ◽

Bubbly Flow ◽

Bubble Diameter ◽

Optical Probe ◽

Wave Number ◽

Two Phase ◽

Number Range ◽

Turbulence Spectra ◽

Turbulence Suppression ◽

Wave Number Range

An experimental investigation was performed in air-water bubbly flow to study the liquid turbulence spectra in a 200mm diameter vertical pipe. A dual optical probe was used to measure the local void fraction and bubble diameter while the liquid velocities were measured using hot-film anemometry. Experiments were performed at two liquid superficial velocities of 0.2 and 0.68m/s for gas superficial velocities in the range of 0 to 0.18m/s. Generally, as the void fraction increases there is a turbulence augmentation. However, a turbulence suppression was observed near the pipe wall at the higher liquid flow rate for low void fraction. In the augmentation case, the turbulence spectra showed a significant increase in the energy at the wave number range comparable to the bubble diameter. In the suppression case, the spectra showed that suppression initially occurs at the low wave number range and then extends to higher wave numbers as suppression increased.

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Summer planetary-scale oscillations: aura MLS temperature compared with ground-based radar wind

Annales Geophysicae ◽

10.5194/angeo-27-1763-2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 1763-1774 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

C. E. Meek ◽

A. H. Manson

Keyword(s):

Temperature Data ◽

Wave Number ◽

Medium Frequency ◽

Period Range ◽

Number Range ◽

Data Presentation ◽

Continuous Sampling ◽

Planetary Scale ◽

Mesospheric Temperature ◽

Wave Number Range

Abstract. The advent of satellite based sampling brings with it the opportunity to examine virtually any part of the globe. Aura MLS mesospheric temperature data are analysed in a wavelet format for easy identification of possible planetary waves (PW) and aliases masquerading as PW. A calendar year, 2005, of eastward, stationary, and westward waves at a selected latitude is shown in separate panels for wave number range −3 to +3 for period range 8 h to 30 days (d). Such a wavelet analysis is made possible by Aura's continuous sampling at all latitudes 82° S–82° N. The data presentation is suitable for examination of years of data. However this paper focuses on the striking feature of a "dish-shaped" upper limit to periods near 2 d in mid-summer, with longer periods appearing towards spring and fall, a feature also commonly seen in radar winds. The most probable cause is suggested to be filtering by the summer jet at 70–80 km, the latter being available from ground based medium frequency radar (MFR). Classically, the phase velocity of a wave must be greater than that of the jet in order to propagate through it. As an attempt to directly relate satellite and ground based sampling, a PW event of period 8d and wave number 2, which appears to be the original rather than an alias, is compared with ground based radar wind data. An appendix discusses characteristics of satellite data aliases with regard to their periods and amplitudes.

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Dynamics of turbulence under the effect of stratification and internal waves

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ◽

10.5194/npg-22-337-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 337-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

O. A. Druzhinin ◽

L. A. Ostrovsky

Keyword(s):

Vertical Direction ◽

Internal Gravity Wave ◽

Turbulent Energy ◽

Horizontal Layer ◽

Wave Number ◽

Small Scale ◽

Number Range ◽

Wave Number Range ◽

Order Of Magnitude ◽

Scale Turbulence

Abstract. The objective of this paper is to study the dynamics of small-scale turbulence near a pycnocline, both in the free regime and under the action of an internal gravity wave (IW) propagating along a pycnocline, using direct numerical simulation (DNS). Turbulence is initially induced in a horizontal layer at some distance above the pycnocline. The velocity and density fields of IWs propagating in the pycnocline are also prescribed as an initial condition. The IW wavelength is considered to be larger by the order of magnitude as compared to the initial turbulence integral length scale. Stratification in the pycnocline is considered to be sufficiently strong so that the effects of turbulent mixing remain negligible. The dynamics of turbulence is studied both with and without an initially induced IW. The DNS results show that, in the absence of an IW, turbulence decays, but its decay rate is reduced in the vicinity of the pycnocline, where stratification effects are significant. In this case, at sufficiently late times, most of the turbulent energy is located in a layer close to the pycnocline center. Here, turbulent eddies are collapsed in the vertical direction and acquire the "pancake" shape. IW modifies turbulence dynamics, in that the turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) is significantly enhanced as compared to the TKE in the absence of IW. As in the case without IW, most of the turbulent energy is localized in the vicinity of the pycnocline center. Here, the TKE spectrum is considerably enhanced in the entire wave-number range as compared to the TKE spectrum in the absence of IW.

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Dynamic Stability of Cylindrical Shells Under Step Loading

Journal of Applied Mechanics ◽

10.1115/1.3423514 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 190-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Y. S. Tamura ◽

C. D. Babcock

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Stability ◽

Dynamic Instability ◽

Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽

Axial Direction ◽

Wave Number ◽

Static Case ◽

High Wave Number ◽

Number Range ◽

Wave Number Range ◽

Step Loading

A study has been made to determine the dynamic stability of an imperfect circular cylindrical shell subject to a step loading in the axial direction. In the analysis, the radial displacement of the shell is approximated by a finite degree-of-freedom system. The dynamic analysis includes not only the effect of the radial inertia, but also, in an approximate manner, that due to the axial inertia. The critical loads are determined by numerical integration of the equation of motion. Compared with the static case, there is a significant reduction of the dynamic buckling load for the high wave number range of the radial modes. It is concluded that due to frequency coupling between axial and radial motions, the axial inertia plays an essential role in characterizing the dynamic instability of a finite length shell.

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