On Boussinesq and non-Boussinesq starting forced plumes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 558, Issue , 2006, Pages 357-386

  Ai, Jiaojian ^a   Law, Adrian Wing Keung ^b   Yu, S C M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUORESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ FORCED PLUMES; NON-BOUSSINESQ FORCED PLUMES; PERIOD OF DEVELOPED FLOW (PDF); PERIOD OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT (PFD);

THERMAL PLUMES;

BUOYANCY; FLUORESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

PLUME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 33745684573     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000061     Document Type: Article

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