Experimental investigation of a confined heated sodium jet in a co-flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 368, Issue , 1998, Pages 51-79

  Knebel, J U ^a   Krebs, L ^a   Muller U ^a   Axcell, B P ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONFINED FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LOW-PRANDTL NUMBER CONVECTION; VERTICAL AXISYMMETRIC TURBULENT BUOYANT SODIUM JETS;

JETS;

EID: 0032137866     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001463     Document Type: Article

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