Observation of the 1/2 power law in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4 II, 2001, Pages 453031-453034

  Roche, P E ^a   Castaing, B ^b   Chabaud, B ^a   Hebral B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0035305108     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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