An experimental study of turbulent convection in air

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1976, Pages 693-719

  Fitzjarrald, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONVECTION; FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOURIER SPECTRA; FOURIER SPECTRUM; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEASUREMENT; NUSSELT NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HEAT TRANSFER - CONVECTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0346396922     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112076001572     Document Type: Article

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