Lock-exchange flows driven by density differences in non-rectangular cross-section channels are investigated in situations that resemble estuaries, navigation canals and hydraulic engineering structures. A simple analytical model considering stratified flows suggests practical relationships corroborated by results of laboratory experiments carried out in a straight channel of triangular cross-section.
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