Flow-destabilized seiches in a reservoir with a movable dam

Using a combination of theoretical modelling and experiments, seiches in a reservoir are shown to become linearly unstable due to the coupling with flow under a dam that opens and closes in response to the upstream water pressure. The phenomenon is related to the mechanism commonly attributed to gen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hewitt, I, Scolan, H, Balmforth, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011