Numerical simulation of the Rayleigh–Bénard convection of air in a box of a large aspect ratio

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 743-745

  Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Abe, Kanji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0039723222     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869944     Document Type: Letter

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