Experimental study of transition to turbulence of a round thermal plume by ultrasound scattering

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 137-149

  Elicer Cortes J C ^a   Fuentes, J ^a   Valencia, A ^a   Baudet, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INRIA RESO   (France)

Author keywords

Thermal plume; Transition; Turbulence; Ultrasound scattering

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

GRASHOF NUMBER;

THERMAL PLUMES;

CONVECTION; PLUME; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0242330074     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(99)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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