Similarity considerations for non-Boussinesq plumes in an unstratified environment

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 318, Issue , 1996, Pages 237-250

  Rooney, G G ^a   Linden, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTINUITY EQUATION; ENTHALPY FLUX; ENTRAINMENT VELOCITY; NON BOUSSINESQ GASEOUS PLUME; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; UNSTRATIFIED ENVIRONMENT;

THERMAL PLUMES;

FLUID MECHANICS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PLUMES;

EID: 0030186056     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007100     Document Type: Article

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