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The flow of gravity currents and intrusions is a subject of active research and engineering application. Currently, there are no formal teaching courses for this topic. Materials and information available in the market are scattered and dated. Researchers and engineers face difficulties in acquiring the ""state-of-the-art"" knowledge. The book bridges this gap between the need and supply of the relevant insight and know-how.
Introduction
Theoretical formulation
Non-stratified ambient
Shallow-water (SW) analysis of the inertial GC: The one-layer model
Jumps in steady-state streams and control-volume matching conditions
Box models for 2D geometry
Two-layer SW model
Axisymmetric GC in inertial regime: SW analysis
Box models for axisymmetric geometry
Effects of rotation
Buoyancy decays: Particle-driven GC, porous boundary, and entrainment
Inclined boundary effects
Non-Boussinesq systems: The one-layer SW model
Non-Boussinesq systems: The two-layer fixed-top SW model
Lubrication theory formulation for viscous currents
Vegetation effects
Stratified ambient currents and intrusions
Continuous density transition
Axisymmetric and rotating cases
The steady-state current
Intrusions in 2D geometry
Intrusions in axisymmetric geometry
Box models for 2D geometry
Box models for axisymmetric geometry
Hybrid model for sustained axisymmetric intrusion
Lubrication theory for viscous GCs with S = 1
Energy
Extensions
Non-rectangular cross-section area
SW model extensions: Flux and open top
Appendixes
Scaling suggestions
SW equations: Characteristics and finite-difference schemes
NS numerical simulations
Some useful formulas