High Reynolds number gravity currents along V-shaped valleys

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2009.05.005zbMath1176.76005OpenAlexW2148867452MaRDI QIDQ1042287

C. A. Mériaux, J. M. Monaghan, Joseph J. Monaghan, Herbert E. Huppert

Publication date: 7 December 2009

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2009.05.005

zbMATH Keywords

gravity currentsvariable topographybox model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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