Bubble curtains in a lock-exchange flow: the importance of transient dynamics in the curtain-driven regime

Shravan K. R. Raaghav, Ronald J. A. Driessen, Tom S. D. O'Mahoney +3

Bubble curtains are line bubble plumes that are used to mitigate saltwater intrusion in ship locks. When the lock gate that separates saline seawater from fresh river water is open…