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CIVE 678 Gravity Currents (4 credits)

Offered by: Génie civil (Génie et l'architecture)

Administered by: Études supérieures et recherch

Vue d'ensemble

Génie civil : Internal hydraulics of one-layer and two-layers systems. Boussinesq's approximation, concepts of specific energy and specific force, upstream and downstream influences. Waves, instabilities and turbulence in continuous stratified flows; the flux, gradient and local Richardson numbers. Turbulent mixing and entrainment across gravity and turbulent interfaces. Turbulent thermals, turbulent plumes and related mixing phenomena.

Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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