CFD Modelling of Particle-Driven Gravity Currents in Reservoirs by Daniel Wildt, Christoph Hauer, Helmut Habersack, Michael Tritthart

“…An existing in-house hydrodynamic code has been extended to model particle-driven gravity currents. This has been realised through a buoyancy term which was added as a source term to the momentum equation. …”
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Inadequacy of fluvial energetics for describing gravity current autosuspension by Sojiro Fukuda, Marijke G. W. de Vet, Edward W. G. Skevington, Elena Bastianon, Roberto Fernández, Xuxu Wu, William D. McCaffrey, Hajime Naruse, Daniel R. Parsons, Robert M. Dorrell

“…Abstract Gravity currents, such as sediment-laden turbidity currents, are ubiquitous natural flows that are driven by a density difference. …”
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Air flow effect on the behavior of lock-exchange gravity current by Ali Koohandaz, Ehsan Khavasi, Hamid Yousefi, Hossein Sadeghi sarsari

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Identification of spatially distributed rheological parameters for viscoplastic gravity currents by Farzad Mohebbi, Mathieu Sellier

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Scaling for lobe and cleft patterns in particle-laden gravity currents by A. Jackson, B. Turnbull, R. Munro

“…Lobe and cleft patterns are frequently observed at the leading edge of gravity currents, including non-Boussinesq particle-laden currents such as powder snow avalanches. …”
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Presence of Holmboe waves in particle-laden intrusive gravity current by Sadegh Rostami Dehjalali, Ehsan Khavasi, Parsa Nazmi

“…Abstract The present study evaluates the prevalence of Holmboe waves in an intrusive gravity current (IGC) containing particles, employing large Eddy simulation (LES). …”
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Effect of wall friction on oscillation of velocity at the head of the gravity current by Jinichi Koue

Subjects: “…Gravity current…”
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Experimental Investigation of Gravity Current Frontal Velocity on Rough Beds by M. Kaheh, M. Ghomeshi, S. H. Mousavi Jahromi

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An observational study of a shallow gravity current triggered by katabatic flow by A. Adachi, A. Adachi, W. L. Clark, W. L. Clark, L. M. Hartten, L. M. Hartten, K. S. Gage, T. Kobayashi

“…The gravity current was created by katabatic flow originating on the mountainous slopes west of the field site. …”
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Gravity current down a steeply inclined slope in a rotating fluid by G. I. Shapiro, A. G. Zatsepin

“…The fluid dynamics theory was developed for a strongly non-linear gravity current forming a near-bottom density front. …”
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Propagation and Separation of Downslope Gravity Currents over Rigid and Emergent Vegetation Patches in Linearly Stratified Environments by Ying-Tien Lin, Yi-Qi Ye, Dong-Rui Han, Yu-Jia Chiu

Subjects: “…gravity currents…”
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Experiments on the flow over a hill covered by a canopy in stably stratified conditions by John J. Finnigan, John J. Finnigan, Ian N. Harman, Dale E. Hughes

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Hydrodynamics of Abyssal Channel Flows by V.Yu. Liapidevskii, N.I. Makarenko, E.G. Morozov, R.Yu. Tarakanov

Subjects: “…gravity currents…”
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Inviscid Model of Sandstorm in Unstably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer by Chen-yue XIE, Xiang-ming XIONG, Jian-jun TAO, Chi-hang LIU

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A physics-based source model for real-time tephra-dispersal forecasting for weak eruption plumes by Kensuke Ishii, Akira Nishijo, Takehiro Koyaguchi, Yujiro J. Suzuki

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Numerical simulation of density currents near bed with slope reduction using various turbulent models by N. Berahmand, S.R. Mosavi

“…In this research work, the saline gravity current near bed  with slope reduction was simulated numerically, using FLUENT software. …”
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Quasi-steady circulation regimes in the Baltic Sea by T. Liblik, G. Väli, K. Salm, J. Laanemets, M.-J. Lilover, U. Lips

“…</p> <p>The sub-halocline quasi-permanent gravity current with a width of 10–30 km from the Gotland Deep to the north over the narrow sill separating the Fårö Deep and Nothern Deep was detected in the simulation, and it was confirmed by an Argo float trajectory. …”
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Exact Solutions for Gravity-Segregated Flows in Porous Media by Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Sara Borazjani

“…The review is devoted to exact analytical solutions for quasi-2D gravity segregated flows or gravity currents in subterranean porous formations. The problems under consideration are quasi-linear. …”
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A Numerical Study on Fire Development in a Confined Space Leading to Backdraft Phenomenon by Aleksander Król, Małgorzata Król, Stanisław Krawiec

“…The results revealed characteristic phases of the phenomenon and the occurrence of the gravity current as well, which were reported by empirical experiments.…”
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Characteristics of meltwater export from Jakobshavn Isbræ and Ilulissat Icefjord by Nicholas Beaird, Fiammetta Straneo, William Jenkins

“…The exported meltwaters form a buoyant coastal gravity current reaching to 100 m depth and extending 10 km offshore.…”
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