Numerical analysis of flow evolution in a helium jet injected into ambient air

Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1267-1276

  Satti, Rajani P ^a   Agrawal, Ajay K ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Evolution; Flow Instability; Jets

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HELIUM; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BUOYANT FLOW INSTABILITIES; EVOLUTION; FLOW INSTABILITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AIR;

EID: 21544473552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht-fed2004-56811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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