Self-similar solutions of the axisymmetric shallow-water equations governing converging inviscid gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 506, Issue , 2004, Pages 331-355

  Slim, Anja C ^a   Huppert, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; GRAVITATION; INTEGRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMBIENT RESISTANCE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY CURRENTS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

CURRENT; EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 2442656296     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008638     Document Type: Article

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