Confined turbulent convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 481, Issue , 2003, Pages 355-384

  Niemela, J J ^a   Sreenivasan, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; CYLINDER; FLUID FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0038662675     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003004087     Document Type: Article

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