A numerical study of intrusive compositional gravity currents

DOI10.1063/1.2750672zbMath1182.76570OpenAlexW2003875128MaRDI QIDQ5303323

George Constantinescu, Seng Keat Ooi, Larry Weber

Publication date: 18 March 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2750672

zbMATH Keywords

turbulencewakesflow simulationflow instabilitystratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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