Axisymmetric gravity currents in a rotating system: Experimental and numerical investigations

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 447, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-29

  Hallworth, Mark A ^a   Huppert, Herbert E ^a   Ungarish, Marius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SALINE WATER;

CYLINDRICAL VOLUME;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; CURRENT; DENSITY; FLUID MECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION;

EID: 0035950855     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001005523     Document Type: Article

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