Interfacial Instabilities Associated with Density Currents

by Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States,
Vahid Alavian, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Soil Properties Evaluation from Centrifugal Models and Field Performance

Abstract:

Three-dimensional behavior of density currents flowing down a sloping surface has been analytically and experimentally investigated. Attention has been given to the presence of interfacial instabilities and waves. Qualitative observations of these instabilities and preliminary data on their amplitude and period resulting from instantaneous measurement of the density difference are presented.

Subject Headings: Density currents | Flow measurement | Fluid flow | Wave measurement | Water waves | Water flow | Three-dimensional flow

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