Dispersive dam-break and lock-exchange flows in a two-layer fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 667, Issue , 2011, Pages 555-585

  Esler, J G ^a   Pearce, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

internal waves; ocean processes; shallow water flows

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; SOLITONS; SURFACE TENSION;

INTERNAL WAVES; LOCK-EXCHANGE FLOWS; OCEAN PROCESS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW WATER FLOW; SOLITARY WAVE AMPLITUDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANNELS; TWO-LAYER FLUID SYSTEMS;

DAMS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CHANNEL FLOW; DAM FAILURE; INTERNAL WAVE; LOCK (HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE); NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 79951602381     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004593     Document Type: Article

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