Convective instability in a time-dependent buoyancy driven boundary layer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-310

  Brooker, A M H ^a   Patterson, J C ^a   Graham, T ^a   Schopf W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Stability; Unsteady

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WALL FLOW;

PARALLEL TIME-DEPENDENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0008439757     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0017-9310(99)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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