Experiments on gravity currents propagating down slopes. II: The evolution of a fixed volume of fluid released from closed locks into a long, open channel

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006065zbMATH Open1189.76035MaRDI QIDQ3573203FDOQ3573203

Authors: Tony Maxworthy 

Publication date: 30 June 2010

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

Cites Work

• Front dynamics and macroscopic diffusion in buoyant mixing in a tilted tube
• Turbulent entrainment in stratified flows
• Lock-exchange flows in sloping channels
• Sediment-entraining suspension clouds: a model of powder-snow avalanches
• Experiments on gravity currents propagating down slopes. Part 1. The release of a fixed volume of heavy fluid from an enclosed lock into an open channel

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• On a similarity solution for lock-release gravity currents affected by slope, drag and entrainment
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• On the initial down-slope propagation of a lock-release particle-driven gravity current: shallow-water predictions and comparisons with previously published data
• Experiments on gravity currents propagating on different bottom slopes

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