Finite volume gravity currents impinging on a stratified interface

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 991-1003

  Samothrakis, P ^a   Cotel, A J ^b  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

GRAVITY CURRENTS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); VORTICITY FIELDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34547464093     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-006-0222-x     Document Type: Article

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