Gravity currents from a dam-break in a rotating channel

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 536, Issue , 2005, Pages 253-283

  Helfrich, Karl R ^a   Mullarney, Julia C ^b,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

DAM-BREAK PROBLEM; GRAVITY CURRENTS; ROTATING CHANNELS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

GRAVITY FLOW; ROTATING CHANNEL;

EID: 23844505955     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004544     Document Type: Article

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