Numerical Study of Turbidity Currents with Sudden-Release and Sustained-Inflow Mechanisms

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1199-1209

  Huang, Heqing ^a   Imran, Jasim ^a   Pirmez, Carlos ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Hydraulic models; Inflow; Numerical model; Slopes; Turbidity; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

'CURRENT; FIELD SCALE; INFLOW; LOCK EXCHANGE; MODEL-BASED OPC; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SLOPE; SUDDEN RELEASE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DEPTH-AVERAGED FLOW; EROSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GRAVITY FLOWS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INFLOW; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM STATES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SLOPES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

GRAVITY WAVE; HYDRAULICS; INFLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 50049124750     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:9(1199)     Document Type: Article

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