An introduction to gravity currents and intrusions
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Marius Ungarish
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: CRC Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 489 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill.
Dimensions
; 25 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"A Chapman & Hall book."
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Print - Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-485) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Shallow-water (SW) formulation for high-Re flows -- The steady-state current and nose jump conditions -- Box models for 2D geometry -- Two-layer SW model -- Axisymmetric currents, SW formulation -- Box models for axisymmetric geometry -- Effects of rotation -- Buoyancy decays: particle-driven, porous boundary, and entrainment -- Non-Boussinesq systems -- Lubrication theory formulation for viscous currents -- Continuous density transition -- Axisymmetric and rotating cases -- The steady-state current -- Intrusions in 2D geometry -- Intrusions in axisymmetric geometry -- Box models for 2D geometry -- Box models for axisymmetric geometry -- Lubrication theory for viscous currents with S=1 -- Energy -- SW equations: characteristics and finite-difference schemes -- Navier-Stokes numerical simulations -- Some useful formulas.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gravity.
Gravitational fields.
Density currents.
Fluid dynamics--Mathematical models
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QB334
Book number
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U54
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Ungarish, M, 1951
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An introduction to gravity currents and intrusions