Instabilities in three-dimensional differentially-heated cavities with adiabatic horizontal walls

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-74

  Janssen, R J A ^a,b   Henkes, R A W M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ADIABATIC HORIZONTAL; CAVITIES; INSTABILITY; WALLS;

EID: 0029672903     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868814     Document Type: Article

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