Dynamics of isolated vortices in shallow flows

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Jirka, Gerhard H ^a   Seol, Dong Guan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Environmental fluid mechanics; Geophysical fluid dynamics; Shallow flows; Turbulent flows; Vortex flows

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SHALLOW FLOW; SHALLOW FLOWS;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GAS DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS; MECHANICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; STREAM FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOTTOM FRICTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID MECHANICS; JET FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING RATIO; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHALLOW WATER; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 77953619835     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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