b = vortex spacing l = lateral displacement N = Brunt–Väisälä frequency q = root-mean-square turbulence velocity t = time u = axial velocity v = lateral velocity, vertical displacement V = aircraft ground speed w = descent speed, vertical wind velocity x = axial coordinate y = spanwise coordinate z = vertical coordinate = circulation = eddy dissipation rate = potential temperature = standard de...

The modulation of air-sea heat fluxes by geostrophic eddies due to the stirring of temperature at the sea surface is discussed and quantified. It is argued that the damping of eddy temperature variance by such air-sea fluxes enhances the dissipation of surface temperature fields. Depending on the timescale of damping relative to that of the eddying motions, surface eddy diffusivities can be sig...

Most of the damping mechanisms add damping to the structure by coming in physical contact with the structure thereby adding mass and altering the stiffness properties of the structure as a result of which the dynamics of structural elements are altered. Also they can cause localized defects/imperfections to structural elements. To overcome these drawbacks researchers are looking for potential m...

Results obtained for a Taylor-Green vortex at a Reynolds number of 3000, using Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) based on Relaxation Filtering (RF), are presented in order to assess the quality of the RF-LES methodology. The RF is applied every time step to the velocity components, using a standard filters of orders k ≥ 4 at a fixed strength σ , to relax subgrid energy from scales at wave numbers clo...

A = constant b = vortex spacing C = constant to adjust turbulent spreading q = rms turbulence velocity R = mean radius T = parameter for vortex age t = time u = axial velocity v = lateral velocity w = descent speed y = spanwise coordinate, positive for port vortex z = vertical coordinate, positive pointing upwards = circulation = eddy dissipation rate = standard deviation = (effective) kinemati...

Abstract The relative roles of upper- and lower-level thermal forcing in shifting the eddy-driven jet are investigated using a multilevel nonlinear quasigeostrophic channel model. numerical experiments show that upper-level is more efficient jet. finite-amplitude wave activity diagnostics results dominance over can be understood from their different influence on eddy generation dissipation affe...

Retrieval of vertical profiles of temperature and humidity parameters using a VHF radar is described in this paper. For this, Indian MST radar located at Gadanki (13.5◦ N, 79.2◦ E) has been operated in a special mode. First, vertical velocities are collected continuously using the radar and are subjected to Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis to obtain Brunt-Väisälä oscillations. From the mea...

A new zero-equation model (ZEM) is devised with an eddy-viscosity formulation using a stress length variable which the structural ensemble dynamics (SED) theory predicts. The ZEM distinguished by obvious physical parameters, quantifying underlying flow domain universal multi-layer structure. SED also utilized to formulate anisotropic Bradshaw stress-intensity factor, parameterized eddy-to-lamin...