Gravity currents from a line source in an ambient flow

DOI10.1017/S002211200800116XzbMath1154.76016OpenAlexW2149023509MaRDI QIDQ3533740

Herbert E. Huppert, Anja C. Slim

Publication date: 24 October 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211200800116x

zbMATH Keywords

similarity solutionslong-time asymptotic solutionsshallow-water approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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