Interaction between dense gravity currents and internal waves
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Gravity currents are flows driven by horizontal density gradients. A dense gravity current is a specific type of gravity current where the density of the fluid is higher than that of the ambient, making the gravity current negatively buoyant. When the receiving ambient is stratified, the ultimate fate and transport of a dense gravity current becomes more complex. We consider a two-layer stratification, representative of a stratified water column in lakes and in the near-coastal environment. Using laboratory experiments, the interaction between dense gravity currents and internal waves are considered. Internal waves are observed to be generated by the gravity current, and their behavior in at shorter and longer time scales are quantified. Oncoming internal waves were also introduced, which acted to hinder the mass flux of a portion of the split gravity current.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Tanimoto, Yukinobu |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Koseff, Jeffrey Russell |
| Thesis advisor | Koseff, Jeffrey Russell |
| Thesis advisor | Fringer, Oliver B. (Oliver Bartlett) |
| Thesis advisor | Ouellette, Nicholas (Nicholas Testroet), 1980- |
| Degree committee member | Fringer, Oliver B. (Oliver Bartlett) |
| Degree committee member | Ouellette, Nicholas (Nicholas Testroet), 1980- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Yukinobu Tanimoto. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/dv054mh9668 |
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- Copyright
- © 2021 by Yukinobu Tanimoto
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