Evolution of roll patterns in rayleigh-bénard convection in a rectangular layer: A numerical study

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-179

  Lin, T F ^a   Liau, C J ^a   Yu, C H ^a   Su, H L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ENERGY EQUATIONS; EXPLICIT PROJECTION METHOD; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; SKEW VARICOSE INSTABILITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0030576057     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789608913785     Document Type: Article

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