Experimental analysis of thermal instability in natural convection between horizontal parallel plates uniformly heated

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-57

  Manca, O ^a   Morrone, B ^a   Nardini, S ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Instability; Natural convection; Three dimensional; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INSTABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PARALLEL PLATES;

EID: 0034022298     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.521427     Document Type: Article

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