Viscous lock-exchange in rectangular channels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 673, Issue , 2011, Pages 132-146

  Martin, J ^a   Rakotomalala, N ^a   Talon, L ^a   Salin, D ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

gravity currents

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; HORIZONTAL RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; STOKES-DARCY MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

BUOYANCY FORCING; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DIRECTION; DARCY LAW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 79955992248     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006208     Document Type: Article

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