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This chapter focuses on the influence of density contrasts on the development of some basic low-speed shear flows. The specific features of these variable-density flows are best accounted for as seen from their vorticity dynamics. The baroclinic torque, connecting misaligned pressure and density gradients, reorganizes the vorticity field according to the fluid inertia. It is introduced after a short literature survey. Then the particular cases of the mixing layer and the jet are examined. The two-dimensional and some three-dimensional aspects are documented, based on temporally and spatially developing numerical simulations.
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Chassaing, P., Antonia, R.A., Anselmet, F., Joly, L., Sarkar, S. (2002). The Structure of Some Variable-Density Low-Speed Shear Flows. In: Variable Density Fluid Turbulence. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0075-7_8
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