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Steady self-similar turbulent plume above a point source of heat and matter

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The limiting laws for steady freely ascending turbulent flows above a point source of heat were first established by Zel'dovich in 1937 [1]. In the more general case of the motion of a gas whose molecular composition differs from that of the ambient medium, the description must take into account the influence of the difference between the molecular weights on the buoyancy force and one must solve simultaneously the equations of continuity, motion, and energy with the diffusion equation. The present paper gives the results of an investigation of steady turbulent weakly swirling plumes above a source of heat and matter.

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    Yu. A. Gostintsev, L. A. Sukhanov & A. F. Solodovnik

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  1. Yu. A. Gostintsev
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 129–135, March–April, 1983.

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Gostintsev, Y.A., Sukhanov, L.A. & Solodovnik, A.F. Steady self-similar turbulent plume above a point source of heat and matter. Fluid Dyn 18, 273–278 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091118

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