On the internal vorticity and density structures of miscible thermals

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 722, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhao, B ^a   Law, A W K ^a   Lai, A C H ^b   Adams, E E ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Plumes thermals

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEAT CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

BUOYANCY CONVECTION; BUOYANT VORTEX RINGS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED DATA; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES; PLUMES/THERMALS;

VORTICITY;

BUOYANCY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PLUME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 84886302362     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.158     Document Type: Article

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