Large eddy simulation of stratified mixing in two-dimensional dam-break problem in a rectangular enclosed domain

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-140

  Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Iliescu, Traian ^b   Fischer, Paul F ^c   Srinivasan, Ashwanth ^a   Duan, Jinqiao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER WAVES;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); OCEANIC MIXING PROCESSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 36749037433     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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