Development of the region of a turbulized liquid in a stratified medium

Abstract

The article discusses the plane unsteady-state problem of the development of a region of turbulent pulsations in an incompressible stratified liquid. At the initial moment of time, the energy of the turbulence is given inside a region of finite dimensions. A semiempirical system of equations describing this process is proposed. The article gives the data from numerical calculations, illustrating the original expansion of the region as a result of turbulent diffusion, its subsequent compression along a vertical (“collapse”) under the action of the forces of buoyancy, and the internal waves generated by the collapse.