Transient buoyancy-driven front dynamics in nearly horizontal tubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Seon T ^a   Znaien, J ^a   Salin, D ^a   Hulin, J P ^a   Hinch, E J ^b   Perrin, B ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PIPE FLOW; SHOCK WAVES; VISCOUS FLOW;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN FRONT DYNAMICS; QUASI-UNIDIRECTIONAL MODEL; RAREFRACTION WAVE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; PIPE FLOW; SHOCK WAVES; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 38049049220     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2813581     Document Type: Article

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