Estimates on diagnostic methods for investigations of thermal convection between spherical shells in space

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 866-877

  Egbers, C ^a   Brasch, W ^a   Sitte, B ^a   Immohr, J ^a   Schmidt, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics; Geophysics; Measuring techniques; Microgravity; Nonlinear dynamics; Thermal convection in spherical shells; Turbulence; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SPACE STATIONS; SPHERES;

SYMMETRY-BREAKING BIFURCATION; WOLLASTON SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AEROSPACE APPLICATION; CONVECTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHELL;

EID: 0032721160     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/10/10/306     Document Type: Article

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