Variation of temperature and velocity fluctuations in turbulent thermal convection over horizontal surfaces

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2303-2310

  Adrian, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUCTUATIONS; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; RAYLEIGH CONVECTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION; UNSTEADY CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030176511     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00317-7     Document Type: Article

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