Direct numerical simulations of free convection beneath an air-water interface at low Rayleigh numbers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3181-3193

  Leighton, R I ^a   Smith, G B ^a   Handler, R A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NATURAL CONVECTION;

VORTICITY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CONVECTION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VORTICITY;

EID: 0242349724     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1606679     Document Type: Article

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