Energy balances and front speed conditions of two-layer models for gravity currents produced by lock release

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 63-81

  Ungarish, Marius ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ENERGY BALANCE; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FORECASTING; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MODELS;

ANALYTICAL CONTROLS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ENERGY-CONSERVING; GRAVITY CURRENTS; LAYER MODELS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS; RELEASE TIMES; STATE CURRENTS; VALUE PROBLEMS; WATER SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 56749182152     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-008-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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