Convection in rotating annulus: An asymptotic theory and numerical solutions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2396-2404

  Zhang, K ^a   Greed, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037828328     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869756     Document Type: Article

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