Kerr, Ross2015-12-132015-12-130148-0227http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90799Thermal erosion by hot lavas during their laminar flow over cold ground is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. An analysis of the steady forced convective heat transfer by a laminar channel flow at large Péclet numbers is presented, whichKeywords: erosion; fluid dynamics; heat flow; heat source; laminar flow; lava flow20012015-12-12