Large eddy simulations of thermal convection at high Rayleigh number

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-174

  Cantin, Noä ^a,b   Vincent, Alain P ^a,b   Yuen, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CERCA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite Prandtl number; Large eddy simulations (LES); Turbulent convection; Very high Rayleigh numbers

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; EDDY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EDDY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0034098184     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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