Physical Review Fluids, Volume 8, Issue 1
- Anthology ID:
- G23-31
- Month:
- Year:
- 2023
- Address:
- Venue:
- GWF
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- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- URL:
- https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G23-31
- DOI:
Gravity currents in the cabbeling regime
Andrew Grace
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Marek Stastna
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Kevin G. Lamb
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K. Andrea Scott
Freshwater has been shown to have a maximum density at about four degrees Celsius, and this leads to a phenomenon known as cabbeling. Cabbeling occurs when masses of water on different sides of the temperature of maximum density mix and create a denser mass. What happens when intruding and ambient temperatures in a gravity current are on opposite sides of the temperature of maximum density? How does cabbeling affect the evolution characteristics of gravity currents, and what sort of long term behavior arises?