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Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy

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Part 1 of this article describes high-resolution Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of gravity and turbidity currents, with an emphasis on the structure, Lagrangian dynamics and energy budget of the flow. In part 2, we review a novel approach for modeling stratified flows based on vorticity, which avoids many of the empirical assumptions required by earlier modeling efforts.

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Meiburg, E., Nasr-Azadani, M.M. (2018). Gravity and Turbidity Currents: Numerical Simulations and Theoretical Models. In: Clercx, H., Van Heijst, G. (eds) Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66887-1_6

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