Multiplicity of equilibrium states in laterally heated thermosolutal systems with equal diffusivity coefficients

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2516-2538

  Tsitverblit, N ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 0042419442     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870115     Document Type: Article

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