Turbulent entrainment into natural gravity-driven flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112005004441MaRDI QIDQ5316067zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors M. Princevac, H. J. S. Fernando, C. D. Whiteman

Publication date 12 September 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112005004441

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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