On the long-wave instability of natural-convection boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 335, Issue , 1997, Pages 57-73

  Daniels, P G ^a   Patterson, John C ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSITION FLOW;

CAVITY FLOW; FULL STABILITY EQUATIONS; LONG WAVE INSTABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; INSTABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTION; FLOW; FLOW MODELLING; HEATING; INSTABILITY; MODELLING; VERTICAL WALLS;

EID: 0031104469     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004521     Document Type: Article

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