Gravity currents produced by sudden release of a fixed volume of heavy fluid

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-385

  D'Alessio, S J D ^a   Moodie, T Bryant ^a   Pascal, J P ^a   Swaters, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES;

'CURRENT; ALGEBRAIC RELATIONS; CONSERVATION FORMS; DENSITY CURRENTS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HEAVY FLUIDS; INSTANTANEOUS RELEASE; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; SCALINGS; SUDDEN RELEASE;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EID: 0040454804     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sapm1996964359     Document Type: Article

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