Experiments on gravity currents propagating down slopes. Part 2. The evolution of a fixed volume of fluid released from closed locks into a long, open channel

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006065zbMath1189.76035MaRDI QIDQ3573203

Tony Maxworthy

Publication date: 30 June 2010

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

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)

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Front dynamics and entrainment of finite circular gravity currents on an unbounded uniform slope ⋮ Boussinesq and non-Boussinesq gravity currents propagating on unbounded uniform slopes in the deceleration phase ⋮ Experiments on gravity currents propagating on different bottom slopes

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• 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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