On gravity currents in stratified ambients

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Birman, V K ^a   Meiburg, E ^a   Ungarish, M ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

FRONT VELOCITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35348816298     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2756553     Document Type: Article

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