Numerical modeling of buoyancy-driven flows in a rotating cylindrical cavity: Comparison of a finite element model with a spectral model

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 779-798

  Jaeger, Marc ^a   Medale, Marc ^a   Randriamanpianina, Antony ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; ROTATING BOUSSINESQ FLUID; ROTATING CYLINDRICAL CAVITY; SPECTRAL TAU CHEBYSHEV METHOD;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0030408123     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789608913870     Document Type: Article

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