Axisymmetric thermal wake interaction of two bubbles in a uniform temperature gradient at large Reynolds and Marangoni numbers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2856-2864

  Balasubramaniam, R ^a   Subramanian, R Shankar ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

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EID: 0000829501     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870144     Document Type: Article

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