The impact of mesh adaptivity on the gravity current front speed in a two-dimensional lock-exchange

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Hiester, H R ^a   Piggott, M D ^a   Allison, P A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Gravity current; Lock exchange; Mesh adaptivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESHES; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FIXED MESH; FLOW DYNAMICS; GRAVITY CURRENT; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOCK-EXCHANGE; LOCK-EXCHANGE FLOWS; MESH ADAPTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDITY; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRAVITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVATURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRONTAL FEATURE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY FLOW; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79954418050     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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