Near-critical free-surface rotating flow over topography

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 460, Issue 2050, 2004, Pages 2865-2881

  Vilenski, G G ^a   Johnson, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag; Rotating flow; Surface waves; Topography

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FORCE; GRAVITY; HEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETER; PRESSURE; ROTATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 11844303582     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1317     Document Type: Article

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