Influence of an imposed flow on the stability of a gravity current in a near horizontal duct

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2-4

  Taghavi, S M ^a   Seon T ^b   Martinez, D M ^b   Frigaard, I A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS;

EXCHANGE FLOW; FRONT VELOCITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HORIZONTAL DUCTS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ; LONG TUBES; MEAN FLOW; MISCIBLE FLUID;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77953422904     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3326074     Document Type: Article

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