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On the effects of a gravitational field on the turbulent transport of heat and momentum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

B. E. Launder
B. E. Launder
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College, London
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Abstract

This paper suggests a simple way of including gravitational effects in the pres-sure-containing correlations that appear in the equations for the transport of Reynolds stress and heat flux. The predicted changes in structure due to the gravitational field are shown to agree closely with Webster's (1964) measurements in a stably stratified shear flow.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , 11 February 1975 , pp. 569 - 581
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© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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