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Multi-mode models of flow and of solute dispersion in shallow water. Part 3. Horizontal dispersion tensor for velocity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 1997

RONALD SMITH
Affiliation:
Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UK

Abstract

Svendsen & Putrevu (1994) revealed that the much larger off-shore than vertical effective viscosity for longshore currents is the consequence of a shear dispersion mechanism. The multi-mode representation for the flow gives a mathematical framework within which a more general derivation can be made. It is shown that to a first approximation the horizontal shear dispersion tensor for velocity is the same as that for solutes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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