Boussinesq plumes and jets with decreasing source strengths in stratified environments

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 563, Issue , 2006, Pages 463-472

  Scase, M M ^a   Caulfield, C P ^a,b   Dalziel, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; JETS; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ JETS; BOUSSINESQ PLUMES; ENTRAINMENT COEFFICIENT; SOURCE BUOYANCY FLUX; SOURCE MOMENTUM FLUX;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; JETS; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BUOYANCY; FLOW MODELING; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLUME; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 33748298742     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000784     Document Type: Article

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