gravity current
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gravity
noun[U]
uk/ˈɡræv.ə.ti/us/ˈɡræv.ə.t̬i/
the force that attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to ...
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current
noun[C]
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a ...
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Their analysis shows that the circulation in thegravitycurrentdoes not influence the propagation.
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Downstream of thegravitycurrenthead the flow is in three layers.
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Each integral curve corresponds to a certain self-similargravitycurrentsatisfying a particular set of initial and boundary conditions.
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In our solution there is intensive circulation with strong vorticity inside thegravitycurrentand the dynamics is nonhydrostatic.
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However, one natural limit concerns the evolution of a continuously stratifiedgravitycurrent.
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In our solution the head of thegravitycurrentis a strong vortex and the dynamics are non-hydrostatic.
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In our solution there is intensive circulation with strong vorticity inside thegravitycurrentand the dynamics is non-hydrostatic.
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Thegravitycurrentdisturbance then generates only a stationary wave pattern.
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To examine the hydrodynamic instability behind the lobe-and-cleft structure, we have undertaken a stability analysis of the flow at the head of agravitycurrent.
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The supercritical regime is defined as when the propagation speed of the disturbance is less than the speed of thegravitycurrent.
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Thegravitycurrentis in the slumping phase in each view.
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Schematic illustrating the structure of a density-stratifiedgravitycurrentin a porous layer.
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Clearly, knowledge of the topology at the head of agravitycurrentis a prerequisite for any theoretical treatment of the flow.
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The nonlinear advection term in most of the cases investigated here tends to slow the propagation of thegravitycurrent.
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In the present case the mean-flow component is the two-dimensional, steady-state flow at the foremost part of thegravitycurrent, while the disturbance is assumed to be three-dimensional.
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