High-resolution simulations of cylindrical density currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112007008166zbMath1141.76378OpenAlexW2159404454MaRDI QIDQ5431116

Mariano I. Cantero, S. Raja Balachandar, Marcelo H. García

Publication date: 7 December 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007008166

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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