Compressible plume dynamics and stability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 369, Issue , 1998, Pages 125-149

  Rast, Mark Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TRANSITION FLOW;

PLUME DYNAMICS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 0032141959     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022112098001736     Document Type: Article

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