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Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics

2022 year, number 5

On the Theory of Slope Flows over a Thermally Inhomogeneous Surface

L. Kh. Ingel'1,2
1Research and Production Association "Taifun", Obninsk, 249038 Russia
2A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Keywords: slope currents, thermal inhomogeneities, density currents, linear perturbations, analytical model

Abstract

A two-dimensional stationary linear model of flows arising in a stably (neutral) stratified medium over a thermally inhomogeneous flat inclined surface is analyzed analytically. At the lower boundary, temperature deviations are specified, which depend harmonically on the horizontal coordinate transverse to the slope. Explicit analytical solutions are obtained, which make it possible to analyze the regularities of emerging density flows. It is shown that these flows can qualitatively differ depending on the ratio of the slope angle of the lower boundary and the analog of the Rayleigh number, the expression for which includes the horizontal scale of the thermal inhomogeneity region as a spatial scale. An appropriate criterion for distinguishing these currents is established.