Boundary-layer thickness and instabilities in Bénard convection of a liquid with a temperature-dependent viscosity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 802-805

  Manga, Michael ^a   Weeraratne, Dayanthie ^a   Morris, S J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035276040     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1345719     Document Type: Article

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