Shock Modon: A New Type of Coherent Structure in Rotating Shallow Water | Zendy

Noé Lahaye | Zendy; Vladimir Zeitlin | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Shock Modon: A New Type of Coherent Structure in Rotating Shallow Water

Author(s) -

Noé Lahaye,

Vladimir Zeitlin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.108.044502

Subject(s) - physics , shock (circulatory) , hydraulic jump , dissipation , shock wave , mechanics , jump , vortex , bow shock (aerodynamics) , rossby number , classical mechanics , turbulence , flow (mathematics) , medicine , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics

International audienceWe show that a new type of coherent structure, a shock modon, exists in a rotating shallow water model at large Rossby numbers. It is a combination of an asymmetric vortex dipole with a stationary hydraulic jump. The structure is long living, despite the energy dissipation by the hydraulic jump, and moving along a circular path. Collisions of shock modons can be elastic, or lead to formation of shock tripoles

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research