Natural convection of a liquid metal in vertical circular cylinders heated locally from the side

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Selver, R ^a   Kamotani, Y ^a   Ostrach, S ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure flows; Flow instability; Liquid metals; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GALLIUM; HEATING; LIQUID METALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TOROIDAL MOTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CIRCULAR CYLINDER; CONVECTION; LIQUID METAL;

EID: 0032004655     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830033     Document Type: Article

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