Gravity currents produced by lock exchange

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 521, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-34

  Shin, J O ^a   Dalziel, S B ^a   Linden, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

CURRENT SPEED; FRONDE NUMBER; GRAVITY CURRENTS; LOCK EXCHANGE;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 2442653231     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200400165X     Document Type: Article

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