Turbulent buoyant thermal in a density-stratified atmosphere

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1453-1462

  Makhviladze, G M ^a   Roberts, J P ^a   Yakush, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIFIED FLOW; THERMALS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; FREE CONVECTIVE FLOWS; INVERSE SQUARE LAW; ISOTHERMAL ATMOSPHERE; SQUARE ROOT LAW;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030131505     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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