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Buoyant convection from horizontal surfaces at const ant pressure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

S. C. Traugott
S. C. Traugott
Affiliation:
Martin Marietta Laboratories, Baltimore, Maryland 21227
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Abstract

A two-dimensional horizontal flow is discussed, which is induced by other, buoyancy-driven flows elsewhere. It is an adaptation of the incompressible wall jet, which is driven by conditions a t the leading edge and has no streamwise pressure gradient. The relation of this flow to the classical buoyancy-driven boundary layers on inclined and horizontal surfaces is investigated, as well as its possible connexion with a two-dimensional buoyant plume driven by a line source of heat. Composite flows are constructed by patching various such solutions together. The composite flows exhibit $Gr^{\frac{1}{4}}$ scaling (Gr being the Grashof number).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , 15 April 1975 , pp. 609 - 624
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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