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Effect of non-uniform currents and depth variations upon steady discharges in shallow water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Ronald Smith
Ronald Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW
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Abstract

When advection dominates diffusion, there are special directions (rays), distinct from but closely related to the contaminant flux vector, along which information is carried. The geometry of these ray paths is found to depend in a simple way upon the advection-diffusion vector ½u/D, where u is the flow velocity and D the cross-stream diffusivity. Simple models are used to show that for a steady point discharge the contaminant concentration is greatest in shallow water and towards the outside of bends.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 110 , September 1981 , pp. 373 - 380
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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