Steady natural convection in a two-layer system of immiscible liquids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2799-2812

  Prakash, A ^a,b   Koster, J N ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEATING; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

IMMISCIBLE LIQUID; THERMAL CONVECTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031215127     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00335-3     Document Type: Article

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