The critical densimetric froude number of subaqueous gravity currents can be non-unity or non-existent

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 479-485

  Huang, Heqing ^a   Imran, Jasim ^b   Pirmez, Carlos ^c   Zhang, Qianfeng ^a   Chen, Guang ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROUDE NUMBER; SHORE PROTECTION;

AMBIENT FLUIDS; CORRECTION TERMS; DENSIMETRIC FROUDE NUMBER; DENSITY VARIATIONS; FLOW EXPERIENCE; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

ENTRAINMENT; FLOW PATTERN; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY FLOW; HYDRAULICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

EID: 69149101664     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.048     Document Type: Article

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