Plume dynamics in natural convection in a horizontal cylindrical annulus

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 598-602

  Fisher, C E ^a   Ball, K S ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure flows; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Plumes; Turbulent

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ANNULAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; PLUME;

EID: 0033408443     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826021     Document Type: Article

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