Derivation of rayleigh number for nonpenetrative thermal convection

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-183

  Prasad, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Transient Unsteady Heat; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005477105     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824085     Document Type: Article

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