TY - CHAP
T1 - Dense gravity currents in a rotating, adverse, converging channel
AU - Cuthbertson, A.J.S.
AU - Davies, P.A.
AU - Laanearu, J.
AU - Wåhlin, A.K.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - Results are presented from a series of laboratory experiments on dense bottom gravity currents in an inclined, submerged, rotating and convergent vee-shaped channel. Density and velocity profile measurements across and along the channel are compared with theoretical model predictions based upon rotating (inviscid) hydraulics and Ekman dynamics, respectively. Good qualitative agreement is demonstrated, with quantitative discrepancies attributed to turbulent entrainment and mixing processes omitted from the theoretical models.
AB - Results are presented from a series of laboratory experiments on dense bottom gravity currents in an inclined, submerged, rotating and convergent vee-shaped channel. Density and velocity profile measurements across and along the channel are compared with theoretical model predictions based upon rotating (inviscid) hydraulics and Ekman dynamics, respectively. Good qualitative agreement is demonstrated, with quantitative discrepancies attributed to turbulent entrainment and mixing processes omitted from the theoretical models.
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M3 - Other chapter contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857004325
SN - 978-1-61782-913-0
SP - 559
EP - 562
BT - 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2010
ER -