The coupling of waves and convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 372, Issue , 1998, Pages 231-271

  Stamp, Andrew P ^a,c   Hughes, Graham O ^a,b   Nokes, Roger I ^b,d   Griffiths, Ross W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d NELSON MARLBOROUGH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; COUPLING; INTERFACIAL FLUXES; INTERFACIAL WAVES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RESONANCE; SOLUTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

EID: 0032182906     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002304     Document Type: Article

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