Tail structure and bed friction velocity distribution of gravity currents propagating over an array of obstacles

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.542zbMath1250.76105MaRDI QIDQ3167977

George Constantinescu, Eckart Meiburg, Talia Tokyay

Publication date: 29 October 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.542

zbMATH Keywords

gravity currents; turbulence simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76F10: Shear flows and turbulence

76M12: Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics