The non-Boussinesq lock-exchange problem. Part 2. High-resolution simulations

DOI10.1017/S0022112005005033zbMath1138.76345OpenAlexW2010581240MaRDI QIDQ5693375

V. K. Birman, Eckart Meiburg, James E. Martin

Publication date: 26 September 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112005005033

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Incompressible viscous fluids (76D99) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20)

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