The early stages of contaminant dispersion in shear flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112081002310zbMath0477.76078OpenAlexW2031732951MaRDI QIDQ3934039

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Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112081002310

zbMATH Keywords

method of characteristicsPoiseuille flowlarge Peclet numberstrong advectiondispersion of contaminantstrong concentration gradientsWKBJ-method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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Cites Work

• The dispersion of contaminant released from instantaneous sources in laminar flow near stagnation points
• The initial dispersion of contaminant in Poiseuille flow and the smoothing of the snout

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