Numerical simulations of buoyancy effects in low density gas jets

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10602-10611

  Satti, R P ^a   Pasumarthi, K S ^a   Agrawal, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Flow computations; Flow Instabilityc

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OSCILLATIONS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VENTILATION;

FLOW COMPUTATIONS; FLOW INSTABILITY; FUEL LEAK; GAS JETS;

JETS;

EID: 2942704042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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