Intrusive gravity currents in two-layer fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 514, Issue , 2004, Pages 327-353

  Sutherland, Bruce R ^a   Kyba, Patrick J ^a   Flynn, Morris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CURRENT DENSITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; GRAVITY CURRENTS; WEIGHTED MEAN AVERAGE;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY FLOW; WAVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4644263434     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000394     Document Type: Article

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