Numerical modelling of two-dimensional and axisymmetric gravity currents

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1221-1227

  Patterson, M D ^a   Simpson, J E ^a   Dalziel, S B ^a   Nikiforakis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity current; Gravity driven flows; Implicit Large Eddy Simulation (ILES)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRAVITY CURRENTS; GRAVITY-DRIVEN FLUID FLOWS; IMPLICIT LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (ILES); NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 16244406564     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.841     Document Type: Article

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