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Thomas Peacock.
Allshouse, Michael R
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2009-04-29T17:45:52Z
2009-04-29T17:45:52Z
2008
2008
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45458
318456156
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73).
With the confirmation of experiments, two new concepts about diffusion-driven flow are discussed and demonstrated. Although Phillips- Wunsch flow has been shown to exist along sloping boundaries, it is shown here that even an obstruction layer with only vertical walls produces a type of diffusion-driven flow. This is demonstrated through the execution of a dye test. Additionally, the influence that impermeable obstructions have on the density evolution of a stratified fluid is developed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. With the use of two different types of obstruction layers, the theory is shown to accurately predict the density evolution.
by Michael R. Allshouse.
S.B.
73 p.
eng
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