Lock-exchange gravity currents with a high volume of release propagating over a periodic array of obstacles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 672, Issue , 2011, Pages 570-605

  Tokyay, Talia ^a   Constantinescu, George ^a   Meiburg, Eckart ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

gravity currents; separated flows; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); POROUS MATERIALS;

CURRENT TRANSITIONS; FRONT VELOCITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SEPARATED FLOWS; SLUMPING PHASE; TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING;

DRAG;

EID: 79951857580     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006312     Document Type: Article

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