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In this paper the following topics associated with the entrainment modeling of natural and manmade gravity currents are discussed: reexamination of the definition and observability of entrainment in unsteady gravity currents, applicability of the empirical entrainment laws to gravity currents, the concept of entrainment energy conversion, and of two-way entrainment.
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Zeman, O. (1984). Entrainment in Gravity Currents. In: Ooms, G., Tennekes, H. (eds) Atmospheric Dispersion of Heavy Gases and Small Particles. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82289-6_4
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