A note on the propagation speed of a weakly dissipative gravity current

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 574, Issue , 2007, Pages 393-403

  Ermanyuk, Eugeny V ^a   Gavrilov, Nikolai V ^a  

^a LAVRENTYEV INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GRAVITY CURRENT; INVISCID FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACE; PROPAGATION SPEED;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GRAVITY FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 33847034152     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006004198     Document Type: Article

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