Slumping of non-Boussinesq density currents of various initial fractional depths: a comparison between direct numerical simulations and a recent shallow-water model

DOI10.1016/J.COMPFLUID.2009.11.008MaRDI QIDQ435602zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Bonometti, S. Raja Balachandar

Publication date 11 July 2012

Published in Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.11.008

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationsgravity currentsnon-Boussinesq currentshallow-water model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12)

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• Wall effects in non-Boussinesq density currents
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• A numerical investigation of high-Reynolds-number constant-volume non-Boussinesq density currents in deep ambient
• Models of non-Boussinesq lock-exchange flow
• Parallel adaptive simulation of gravity currents on the lock-exchange problem

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