New results in the variational approach to turbulent Boussinesq convection

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 192-209

  Kerswell, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENTROPY; KINEMATICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0034746270     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1327295     Document Type: Article

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