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Turbulence and Mixing at a Density Interface

Turbulence and Mixing at a Density Interface

The research group focuses on analyzing the vertical mixing that characterizes the interface of stratified currents by means of laboratory experiments. Such phenomenon is of fundamental importance in many environmental contexts, such as slope currents generated on mountain slopes, and in many other physical-engineering contexts characterized by turbulent mixing. Velocity measurements are taken using laser velocimetry, while density measurements are taken using image analysis. 

Rock Laboratory Tests

Laboratory tests are carried out to determine rock properties. Since rock properties are a key input for rock mechanics design in civil, mining and petroleum engineering, the present chapter is mainly based on documents by the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM). The ISRM Commission on Testing Methods since 1974 has published the ISRM Suggested Methods (SMs) covering different aspects of rock mechanics. The SMs are collected in books (‘yellow’ book, Brown 1981; ‘blue’ book, Ulusay and Hudson 2007; ‘orange’ book, Ulusay 2015).

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