Strongly turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in mercury: Comparison with results at moderate Prandtl number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 335, Issue , 1997, Pages 111-140

  Cioni, S ^a   Ciliberto, S ^a   Sommeria, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID SCALING LAWS; MIXING ZONE MODEL; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; MERCURY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031103949     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004491     Document Type: Review

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