On the front velocity of gravity currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112007005769zbMath1178.76135OpenAlexW1983240998MaRDI QIDQ5308036

S. Raja Balachandar, Jae Ryong Lee, Mariano I. Cantero, Marcelo H. García

Publication date: 26 September 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007005769

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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