Collision phenomena in free-convective flow over a sphere

DOI10.1017/S0022112082002432zbMath0514.76076MaRDI QIDQ3661194

C. J. Simpson, Susan N. Brown

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

steady state; plume; transient layer; flows past sphere; heat-conducting Boussinesq fluid; outer and inner viscous layer; sudden increase of temperature of sphere; two types of singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76R10: Free convection

76D25: Wakes and jets

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