Removal of a dense bottom layer by a gravity current

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.234zbMath1486.76029OpenAlexW3152613550MaRDI QIDQ3389327

ZhiGuo He, Rui Zhu, Eckart Meiburg

Publication date: 10 May 2021

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.234

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsBoussinesq approximationfinite difference schemeconservation lawstratified flowinternal wavequasisteady gravity current

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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