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Flow structures and kinetic-potential energy exchange in forced rotating stratified turbulence

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Abstract

We investigate the long-time evolution of flow structures and the kinetic-potential energy exchange e\textunderscore KtoP in rotating stratified turbulence. Numerical simulations of forced homogeneous rotating stratified turbulence with different Froude numbers are performed. In the presence of stratification, with two box scale structures with opposite signs of vertical vorticity formed at later times, there are numerous small vortices spreading in the flow. Cyclonic vortices, though being less numerous than anticyclonic vortices, grow faster, thus forming the box-scale structure earlier. Moreover, the intense area of e\textunderscore KtoP is associated with the cyclonic structures. We also find a relation between vertical vorticity and the distribution of the density in the vortices during the evolution of turbulence.

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Authors

  • Tianyi Li

    Peking University

  • Minping Wan

    Southern University of Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P. R. China, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technolog

  • Jianchun Wang

    Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P. R. China, Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technolog, Southern University of Science and Technology

  • Shiyi Chen

    Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P. R. China, Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technolog, Southern University of Science and Technology