2D Large-Eddy Simulation of Lock-Exchange Gravity Current Flows at High Grashof Numbers

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1037-1047

  Ooi, Seng Keat ^a   Constantinescu, George ^a   Weber, Larry J ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Simulation; Stratification; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MIXING; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; ENERGY BALANCE; GRASHOF NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

'CURRENT; CURRENT FLOWS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HEAVY FLUIDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTANTANEOUS RELEASE; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LOCK EXCHANGE; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW FIELDS;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ (KH) INSTABILITIES; LOCK-EXCHANGE GRAVITY CURRENT FLOWS;

ENERGY BALANCE; FLOW FIELDS; GRASHOF NUMBER; GRAVITATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FLUID DYNAMICS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34548146078     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:9(1037)     Document Type: Article

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