Two-layer shallow-water dam-break solutions for non-Boussinesq gravity currents in a wide range of fractional depth

DOI10.1017/S0022112010006397zbMath1241.76077MaRDI QIDQ2891565

Marius Ungarish

Publication date: 15 June 2012

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

zbMATH Keywords

gravity currents

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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