Formation of cells in natural convection in a vertical slot at large Prandtl number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 314, Issue , 1996, Pages 299-314

  Wakitani, Shunichi ^a  

^a Dept of Information Processing Engineering College of Industrial Technology 1 27 1 Nishikoya   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATIONS; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; SLOTS; VERTICAL; BIFURCATORS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRANDTL NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

MULTICELLULAR FLOW; SECONDARY CELLS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030131216     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000328     Document Type: Article

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