Bubbles rising in line: Why is the first approximation so bad?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 351, Issue , 1997, Pages 289-300

  Harper, J F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; WAKES;

KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; WAKE VORTICITY DIFFUSION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 0031274887     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007118     Document Type: Article

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