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The front condition for gravity currents
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DOI：10.1017/S0022112005004933.png)
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Self-similar plane solutions for the inertial stage of gravity currents are related to the initial parameters and a coefficient that is determined by the boundary condition at the front. Different relations have been proposed for the boundary condition in terms of a Fronde number at the front, none of which have a sound theoretical or experimental basis. This paper focuses on considerations of the appropriate Fronde number based on results of lock-exchange experiments in which extended inertial gravity currents are generated in a rectangular cross-section channel. We use 'top-hat' vertical density profiles of the currents to obtain an 'equivalent' depth, defined by profiles having the same buoyancy at every position as the real profiles. As in previous work, our experimental results show that in the initial constant-velocity phase the Froude number can be defined in terms of the lock depth. However, as the current enters the similarity phase when the initial release conditions are no longer relevant, we find that the Froude number is more appropriately defined in terms of the maximum height of the head. Strictly speaking, the self-similar solution to the shallow-water equations requires a front condition that uses the height at the rear of the head. We find that this rear Froude number is not constant and is a function of the head Reynolds number over the range 400-4500.
