Effect of swirl on pure turbulent thermal plume development

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 502-513

  Pham, Minh Vuong ^a   Plourde, Frédéric ^a   Doan Kim, Son ^a  

^a ENSMA   (France)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Plume; Swirl; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; LAMINAR FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASCENDANT FLOW; ENTRAINMENT COEFFICIENTS; PLUME MOTION; SWIRLING NUMBER; SWIRLING VELOCITIES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

BUOYANCY; LAMINAR FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW; THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33645910533     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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