Effects of external flow on compositional and particle gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 359, Issue , 1998, Pages 109-142

  Hallworth, Mark A ^a   Hogg, Andrew J ^a   Huppert, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GRAVITY CURRENTS; UNIFORM FLOW; VOLUME OF FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032025640     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008409     Document Type: Article

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