Observation of helical traveling-wave convection in a liquid bridge

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1850-1852

  Muehlner, Kurt A ^a   Schatz, Michael F ^a,b   Petrov, Valery ^a   McCormick, W D ^a   Swift, J B ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001105083     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869304     Document Type: Article

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