On the front velocity of gravity currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112007005769zbMath1178.76135MaRDI QIDQ5308036

S. Raja Balachandar, Jae Ryong Lee, Mariano I. Cantero, Marcelo H. García

Publication date: 26 September 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007005769

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D05: Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76M22: Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76D50: Stratification effects in viscous fluids

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