Salt-finger convection generated by lateral heating of a solute gradient

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 352, Issue , 1997, Pages 161-176

  Chen, C F ^a   Chen, Falin ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER;

LATERAL HEATING; SALT FINGERS; SOLUTE GRADIENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031332688     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007192     Document Type: Article

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