Turbidity current with a roof: Direct numerical simulation of self-stratified turbulent channel flow driven by suspended sediment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cantero, Mariano I ^a,b,c   Balachandar, S ^c   Cantelli, Alessandro ^d   Pirmez, Carlos ^d   Parker, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROOFS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

BOTTOM WALL; CENTERLINE; DRIVING FORCES; NORMAL DIRECTION; REYNOLDS; SEDIMENT LADEN FLOWS; SELF-STRATIFICATION; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STRATIFICATION EFFECTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; TWO-REGIME; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FLOW SIMULATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; OCEANIC CURRENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SETTLING VELOCITY; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 67649160960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004978     Document Type: Article

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