A sharp nonlinear stability threshold in rotating porous convection

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 457, Issue 2005, 2001, Pages 87-93

  Straughan, B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coriolis effect; Darcy equations; Rotating porous convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012605341     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0657     Document Type: Article

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