- Author
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Chobotov, M. V.
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Zukoski, E. E.
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Kubota, T.
- Title
- Gravity Currents With Heat Transfer Effects.
- Coporate
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS GCR 87-522
December 1986
175 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-60NANB6D0638
- Keywords
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heat transfer
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fluid flow
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fire models
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gravity current
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salt water models
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smoke transport
- Abstract
- A two part experimental study of gravity currents flowing in horizontal channels is performed. The first of these examines adiabatic aqueous flows, and the second, heat transferring gaseous currents.