Intrusive gravity currents from finite-length locks in a uniformly stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112009007563zbMath1183.76700OpenAlexW2012298780MaRDI QIDQ3550374

C. Voegeli, V. K. Birman, J. R. Munroe, B. R. Sutherland, Eckart Meiburg

Publication date: 31 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112009007563

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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Intrusions propagating into linearly stratified ambients ⋮ On the performance of high resolution non-oscillating advection schemes in the context of the flow generated by a mixed region in a stratified fluid ⋮ Intrusive gravity currents between two stably stratified fluids ⋮ Gravity current flow past a circular cylinder: forces, wall shear stresses and implications for scour ⋮ A general description of a gravity current front propagating in a two-layer stratified fluid ⋮ Influence of lock aspect ratio upon the evolution of an axisymmetric intrusion

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