Mixing and entrainment in hydraulically driven stratified sill flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 515, Issue , 2004, Pages 415-443

  Nielsen, Morten Holtegaard ^a   Pratt, Larry ^a   Helfrich, Karl ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

GRAVITY MODELS; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; SHAPE COEFFICIENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CRITICAL FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; FLOW FIELD; FLOW OVER SURFACE; MIXING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 5444221229     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000576     Document Type: Article

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