Flow transitions in laminar Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a cubical cavity at moderate Rayleigh numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 753-769

  Pallares, J ^a   Grau, F X ^a   Giralt, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

CAVITY; FLOW PATTERN; LAMINAR FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0345004000     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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