Front Velocity and Front Location of Lock-Exchange Gravity Currents Descending a Slope in a Linearly Stratified Environment
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0733-9429,1943-7900
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001536