On gravity currents driven by constant fluxes of saline and particle-laden fluid in the presence of a uniform flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 539, Issue , 2005, Pages 349-385

  Hogg, Andrew J ^a   Hallworth, Mark A ^b   Huppert, Herbert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BACKGROUND FLOW; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTERFACIAL DRAG; PARTICLE LADEN FLUID; UNIFORM FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33644598614     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200500546X     Document Type: Article

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