On inwardly propagating high-Reynolds-number axisymmetric gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 494, Issue , 2003, Pages 255-274

  Hallworth, Mark ^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

GEOMETRY; GRAVITY WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

GRAVITY CURRENTS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; GRAVITY FLOW; INVISCID FLUID; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 0344236352     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006086     Document Type: Article

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