Infinite prandtl number convection

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 159-172

  Constantin, Peter ^a   Doering, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Heat transport; Nusselt number; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032589534     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004511312885     Document Type: Article

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