A stably stratified fluid in a rectangular cavity may experience parametric instability and wave-breaking when the cavity is forced periodically in the vertical direction. The video visualizes the flow, using the isotherms and the normalized Q-criterion, over ten forcing periods during one such wave-breaking event. See the accompanying paper for more: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.543
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