Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection in low Prandtl-number fluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3983-4003

  Horanyi, S ^a   Krebs, L ^b   Muller U ^b  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SODIUM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032722342     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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