@inproceedings{10cc8fa4a7b44fbda5d224a08a65254c,
title = "Three-dimensional stability of vortices in a stratified fluid",
abstract = "The three-dimensional linear stabilities of vertically uniform shear flows and vortex configurations (dipole, couple, von Karman street and double symmetric row) are investigated through experiments, theoretical and numerical analysis when the fluid is stratified. For strong stratification, all the vortex configurations are unstable to the zigzag instability associated to vertically sheared horizontal translations that develop spontaneously. The most unstable wavelength decreases with the strength of the stratification, whereas the maximum growthrate is independent of the stratification and solely proportional to the strain felt by the vortex core. Experiments and direct numerical simulation show that the zigzag instability eventually decorrelates the flow on the vertical. The zigzag instability is therefore a generic instability that constrains turbulent energy cascade in stratified fluid and contributes to structure oceanic and atmospheric flows.",
keywords = "Dipole, Stratified and rotating flows, Turbulence cascade, Von Karman street, Zigzag instability",
author = "Pantxika Otheguy and Axel Deloncle and Paul Billant and Chomaz, \{Jean Marc\}",
year = "2008",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4020-6472-2\_55",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781402064715",
series = "Solid Mechanics and its Applications",
pages = "367--372",
booktitle = "IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence",
note = "IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence ; Conference date: 11-09-2006 Through 14-09-2006",
}