Numerical and hydraulic simulations of the effect of Density Current Generator in a semi-enclosed tidal bay

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-64

  Sato, Toru ^a   Tonoki, Kenzo ^b   Yoshikawa, Takuro ^c   Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Japan Marine United   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density current; Enclosed bay; Hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic hybrid model; Rotating tank; Scale model; Stratification; Three dimensional simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

DENSITY CURRENT GENERATOR; ENCLOSED BAY; HYDROSTATIC AND NONHYDROSTATIC HYBRID MODEL; ROTATING TANK; SCALE MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

DENSITY CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISAHAYA BAY; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU];

EID: 30944455658     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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