An improved integral model for plane and round turbulent buoyant jets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 547, Issue , 2006, Pages 267-296

  Yannopoulos, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FROUDE NUMBERS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; TRACER EQUATIONS; TURBULENT BUOYANT MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

JET FLOW;

EID: 33644966967     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007263     Document Type: Article

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