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The comparison between the internal wave frequency computed from the experimental results and the dispersion relationship resulting from the theoretical third-order Stokes internal-wave solution confirms that the laboratory-generated waves demonstrate non-linear behavior. The interface location, wave amplitude and period, interface thickness, convection transport terms, fluid velocity, shear strain rate, and vorticity are quantified and analyzed at fixed phases in the wave cycle. Experimental results are presented for two configurations with a density jump of 1.1 kg/m \(^3\) and 1.5 kg/m \(^3\) (separately). A laboratory-scale apparatus was created to generate standing internal waves in a two-layer stratified system. To provide insight to the dynamics of weakly non-linear standing internal waves, the density and velocity fields are measured using combined planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) and particle image velocimetry (PIV) techniques.
