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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Thermal Plume in Stably Stratified Ambient: Formulation, Numerical Methodology, Reverse Transition, Relaminarization, and Turbulent Enhancement

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Pages 313-357 | Received 04 Sep 2006, Accepted 27 Nov 2007, Published online: 18 Jan 2008

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