Flow structure in the near-field of buoyant low-density gas jets

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-347

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

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Flow structure; Instability; Jets

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HELIUM; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AMBIENT FLUID; FLOW STRUCTURE; GAS JETS; ISOTHERMAL FLOW;

JETS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HELIUM; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 32944477888     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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