Laminar natural convection in water near the density extremum along a vertical plate with sinusoidal surface temperature variation

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Pantokratoras, A ^a,b  

^a Democritus University of Thrace ^*

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; OSCILLATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; SINUSOIDAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 10644281146     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-004-0167-1     Document Type: Article

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