Visualisation of Convective Flow Patterns in Liquid Helium

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-134

  Woodcraft, A L ^a,b   Lucas, P G J ^a   Matley, R G ^a   Wong, W Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT CONVECTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; SCHLIEREN METHOD; SHADOWGRAPHS;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 0032762825     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021849819891     Document Type: Article

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