Direct numerical simulations of planar and cylindrical density currents

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 923-930

  Cantero, Mariano I ^a   Balachandar, S ^a   García, Marcelo H ^a   Ferry, James P ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; DENSITY CURRENTS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; NO SLIP BOUNDARY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

EID: 33751113889     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2173671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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