SHEAR-DRIVEN TURBULENCE


Meaning of SHEAR-DRIVEN TURBULENCE in English

Continuous creation of irregular eddy motions in a flow due to shear instability. In plane parallel flow the motion will become unstable if the shear is sufficiently large. If the flow is stably stratified (dense air below sparse), the amount of shear necessary for shear-driven turbulence will be larger.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary.      Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии .