Buoyant Plumes from Multiport Diffuser Discharge in Deep Coflowing Water

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 428-435

  Méndez Díaz, María M ^a   Jirka, Gerhard H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; PORTS AND HARBORS; RIVERS; TRAJECTORIES; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW OF WATER; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

'CURRENT; AMBIENT DISCHARGES; AMBIENTS; BUOYANCY FLUXES; BUOYANT PLUME; COFLOWING; MULTIPORT DIFFUSERS; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL PLANE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

MERGING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

FROUDE NUMBER; MULTIPORT DIFFUSER; PLUMES;

EID: 0030214795     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1996)122:8(428)     Document Type: Article

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