Shallow-water analysis of gravity-current flows past isolated obstacles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 635, Issue , 2009, Pages 415-438

  Gonzalez Juez, E ^a   Meiburg, E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HADFIELD; LOCK EXCHANGE; MODEL PREDICTION; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; SHALLOW WATER THEORY; SPACE AND TIME;

RIVERS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 67349286736     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007678     Document Type: Article

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