On the front velocity of gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 586, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-39

  Cantero, Mariano I ^a   Lee, J R ^b   Balachandar, S ^a,c   Garcia, Marcelo H ^a  

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

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRASHOF NUMBER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; GRAVITY CURRENTS; VORTEX INTERACTION;

GRAVITATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRASHOF NUMBER; GRAVITATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY WAVE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 35948946637     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007005769     Document Type: Article

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