@misc{HarlanderKurganskySpeeretal., author = {Harlander, Uwe and Kurgansky, Michael V. and Speer, Kevin and Vincze, Miklos}, title = {Baroclinic instability from an experimental perspective}, series = {Comptes Rendus Physique}, volume = {25 (2024)}, journal = {Comptes Rendus Physique}, doi = {10.5802/crphys.198}, pages = {1 -- 48}, language = {en} } @misc{SchoenHarlanderBorciaetal., author = {Sch{\"o}n, Franz-Theo and Harlander, Uwe and Borcia, Ion Dan and Borcia, Rodica and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Mean fluid transport in an oscillating circular channel with asymmetric forcing}, series = {Water waves : an interdisciplinary journal}, volume = {2025}, journal = {Water waves : an interdisciplinary journal}, publisher = {Birkh{\"a}user, part of Springer Nature}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2523-3688}, doi = {10.1007/s42286-025-00121-w}, pages = {1 -- 21}, abstract = {We investigate surface waves in an oscillating circular channel with local topography. The focus is on spatially or temporally breaking this dynamic system's symmetry. Asymmetrical wave dynamics and a mean flux excitation are detected to varying degrees, depending on the two input parameters, fluid depth and the tank's oscillation frequency. The fluid resonates around multiples of the fundamental eigenfrequency of the channel. The development of solitary wave-trains (undular bores) is observed in these resonance bands. A particle image velocimetry system measures the velocity field in the vertical plane of the free surface flow. Moreover, we are using 17 evenly distributed ultrasonic sensors to measure the surface displacement. This makes it possible to find out how strongly the mean flux depends on the resonance frequencies and to study the influence of the surface waves on the symmetry breaking. A numerical long-wave model helps to isolate the various factors influencing the mean flux.}, language = {en} } @misc{MelettiAbideHarlanderetal., author = {Meletti, Gabriel and Abide, St{\´e}phane and Harlander, Uwe and Raspo, Isabelle and St{\´e}phane Viazzo, St{\´e}phane}, title = {On the influence of the heat transfer at the free surface of a thermally driven rotating annulus}, series = {Physics of fluids}, volume = {37}, journal = {Physics of fluids}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, address = {College Park, MD}, issn = {1089-7666}, doi = {10.1063/5.0248712}, pages = {1 -- 16}, abstract = {Experiments on rotating annuli that are differentially heated in the radial direction have largely contributed to a better understanding of baroclinic instabilities. This configuration creates waves at a laboratory scale that are related to atmospheric circulations. Pioneer studies in baroclinic tanks have shown that experiments with low aspect ratios are more suitable to reproduce small-scale inertia gravity waves, but these tanks have a larger free surface, which leads to higher interactions with their surrounding environment. Considering the heat transferred through the free surface, the present work investigates its impacts on the baroclinic instability using direct numerical simulations (DNS).}, language = {en} }