Effects of initial geometry on the development of thermals

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 589-599

  Bond, D ^a   Johari, H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; TORQUE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER TANKS;

BAROCLINIC TORQUES; BUOYANT THERMALS; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; HYDRODYNAMIC IMPULSE;

THERMOANALYSIS;

GEOMETRICAL EFFECT;

EID: 25444461929     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-005-0997-1     Document Type: Article

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