Long-wavelength surface-tension-driven Bénard convection: Experiment and theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 345, Issue , 1997, Pages 45-78

  Vanhook, Stephen J ^a   Schatz, Michael F ^a,b   Swift, J B ^a   McCormick, W D ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

LIQUID LAYERS; LOCALIZED DEPRESSION; LOCALIZED ELEVATION; NON UNIFORMITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; INSTABILITY; LIQUID;

BENARD; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0031200720     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006101     Document Type: Article

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