Local Rayleigh and Nusselt numbers for cartesian convection with temperature-dependent viscosity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2445-2448

  Honda, S ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CARTESIAN CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY;

HEAT TRANSFER; VISCOSITY;

CARTESIAN CONVECTION; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSPORT; NUSSELT NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; FREE SURFACES; HEAT TRANSPORT; RIGID SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TOTAL DEPTHS; VISCOSITY CONTRAST;

EID: 0030235841     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02259     Document Type: Article

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