Gravity currents and internal waves in a stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112008003984zbMath1172.76013OpenAlexW2148406012MaRDI QIDQ3601003

Brian L. White, Karl Helfrich

Publication date: 9 February 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112008003984

zbMATH Keywords

steady solutionupstream influencegeneral density profile

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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