eprintid: 13429
rev_number: 15
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creators_name: Tarquis Alfonso, Ana Maria
creators_name: López-Gonzalez-Nieto, Pilar
creators_name: Redondo, José Manuel
title: Time Evolution of the Fractal Dimension in Turbulent Plumes
publisher: Copernicus
rights: by-nc-nd
ispublished: unpub
subjects: matematicas
subjects: fisica
full_text_status: public
pres_type: other
abstract: Turbulent mixing is a very important issue in the study of geophysical phenomena because most fluxes arising in geophysics fluids are turbulent. We study turbulent mixing due to convection using a laboratory experimental model with two miscible fluids of different density with an initial top heavy density distribution. The fluids that form the initial unstable stratification are miscible and the turbulence will produce molecular mixing. The denser fluid comes into the lighter fluid layer and it generates several forced plumes which are gravitationally unstable. As the turbulent plumes develop, the denser fluid comes into contact with the lighter fluid layer and the mixing process grows. Their development is caused by the lateral interaction between these plumes at the complex fractal surface between the dense and light fluids
date_type: published
date: 2011
volume: 13
place_of_pub: Alemania
pagerange: 13341-13341
event_title: 8th EGU General Assembly, EGU 2011
event_location: Viena, Austria
event_dates: 03/04/2011 - 08/04/2011
event_type: other
institution: Agronomos
department: Matematica_Aplicada4
refereed: TRUE
book_title: Geophysical Research Abstracts of 8th EGU General Assembly
official_url: http://www.geophysical-research-abstracts.net
citation:   Tarquis Alfonso, Ana Maria and López-Gonzalez-Nieto, Pilar and Redondo, José Manuel  (2011).  Time Evolution of the Fractal Dimension in Turbulent Plumes.  In: "8th EGU General Assembly, EGU 2011", 03/04/2011 - 08/04/2011, Viena, Austria. p. 13341.    
document_url: http://oa.upm.es/13429/1/INVE_MEM_2011_112616.pdf