The influence of the Prandtl number on the style of vigorous thermal convection

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 381-403

  Schmalzl, Jörg ^a   Breuer, Martin ^a   Hansen, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Numerical experiments; Prandtl number dependence; Rayleigh B nard convection; Turbulent thermal convection

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PRANDTL NUMBER DEPENDENCE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOMETRY; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONVECTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0013033447     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309192021000049929     Document Type: Article

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