Transition to turbulence in a tall annulus submitted to a radial temperature gradient

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lepiller, Valérie ^a   Prigent, Arnaud ^a   Dumouchel, Fabien ^a   Mutabazi, Innocent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; RADIAL FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

ANNULAR FLOW; CONVECTION CELL; RADIAL STRATIFICATION; SPACE-TIME DIAGRAMS; SPATIOTEMPORAL INTERMITTENCY;

TRANSITION FLOW;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; RADIAL FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34250014361     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2721756     Document Type: Article

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