Buoyancy-Induced Flows and Transport

Abstract

Contents: Introduction.- General Formulation of Buoyancy-Induced Flows.- External Vertical Thermally Induced Flows.- Vertical Axisymmetric Flows.- Other Than Vertical Flows.- Combined Mass and Thermal Transport.- Unsteady External Flows.- Effects of Variable Fluid Properties.- Transport in Cold Pure and Saline Water.- Mixed Convection.- Instability, Transition and Turbulence.- Turbulent Free-Boundary Buoyant Flows.- Unstably Stratified Fluid Layers.- Transport in Enclosures and Partial Enclosures.- Transport in Saturated Porous Media.- Non-Newtonian Transport.- Some Other Aspects.- Nomenclature.- Appendixes.- Additional References.- Author Index to Additional References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.