Experiments on two-layer stratified gravity currents in the slumping phase

Experiments on gravity currents produced from full-depth two-layer stratified buoyancy sources propagating in the slumping phase are presented in the paper. The Froude number in the slumping phase, FS=Uf/g0′H, where Uf is the front velocity, g0′ is the average reduced gravity and H is the lock height, is influenced by the density difference ratio, RR=(ρU−ρ0)/(ρL−ρ0), and the buoyancy distribution parameter, RB=BU/(BL+BU), where ρU, ρL and ρ0 are...