The investigation of turbulence characteristics in an internally-heated unstably-stratified fluid layer

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-258

  Nourgaliev, R R ^a   Dinh, T N ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031553171     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00231-8     Document Type: Article

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