Steady rayleigh-bénard convection in a two-layer system of immiscible liquids

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-373

  Prakash, A ^a   Koster, J N ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure flows; Flow instability; Flow visualization

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEATING; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLUBILITY;

IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL COUPLING; STEADY RAYLEIGH BERNARD CONVECTION; THERMAL COUPLING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; LAYERS; RAYLEIGH-BENARD;

EID: 0029675436     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2825853     Document Type: Article

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