Lock-release gravity currents propagating over roughness elements

MR Maggi, C Adduce, ME Negretti - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
The influence of bottom roughness on the development of lock-release gravity currents is
investigated through laboratory experiments using Particle Image Velocimetry. The bottom …

Turbulence characteristics and mixing properties of gravity currents over complex topography

MR Maggi, ME Negretti, EJ Hopfinger, C Adduce - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding gravity currents developing on complex topography, which involve
turbulence and mixing processes on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, is of …

Gravity currents interacting with slopes and overhangs

MR Maggi, C Adduce, GF Lane-Serff - Advances in Water Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
When a gravity current interacts with a barrier the flow is reflected back in the form of a
moving hydraulic jump or bore. This latter phenomenon has important implications for …

Propagation, mixing, and turbulence characteristics of saline and turbidity currents over rough and permeable/impermeable beds

Z He, D Han, YT Lin, R Zhu, Y Yuan, P Jiao - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A series of constant-flux saline and turbidity current experiments were carried out, focusing
on the coupling impact of bed roughness and permeability on current propagation, mixing …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of wave-supported gravity currents in intermediate water

M Marino, M Stagnitti, LM Stancanelli… - Continental Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamics of gravity currents propagating beneath intermediate water waves is
investigated in the present study. Laboratory experiments were carried out in a wave flume …

Uncertainty of propagation and entrainment characteristics of lock-exchange gravity current

Y Yuan, D Han, Z He, J Xiong, J Zhang… - Environmental Fluid …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, repeated lock-exchange experiments under well-controlled conditions were
carried out to evaluate the uncertainty of the macro-propagation and entrainment process …

Coherent structures, turbulence intermittency, and anisotropy of gravity currents propagating on a rough and porous bed

D Han, Y Guo, P Jiao, Y Yuan, YT Lin, Z He - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study experimentally investigated the impacts of rough and porous (RP) bed and
sedimentation processes on the coherent structures, turbulence intermittency, and …

Numerical experiments of partial-depth colliding gravity currents using LES

A Kokkinos, P Prinos - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
The collision of two opposing, horizontal gravity currents is investigated numerically using
Large Eddy Simulation (LES). The classical lock-exchange configuration is considered for …

Gravity currents from a constant inflow on unbounded uniform slopes

CS Wu, A Dai - Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we conducted laboratory experiments to examine the gravity currents produced
from a constant inflow propagating on unbounded uniform slopes in the range 0∘≤ θ≤ …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulent kinetic energy redistribution in a gravity current interacting with an emergent cylinder

G Di Lollo, C Adduce, M Brito, RML Ferreira… - Advances in Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gravity currents are flows driven by density gradients between two or more contacting fluids
and play a key role in nature and industrial environments via global ocean circulations …