The simulation of mixing layers driven by compound buoyancy and shear

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 370-376

  Snider, D M ^a   Andrews, M J ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

BUOYANCY CONSTANTS; MIXING LAYERS;

MIXING;

EID: 0030165536     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2817388     Document Type: Article

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