Heat transport by turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in cylindrical cells with aspect ratio one and less

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 523, Issue , 2005, Pages 251-260

  Nikolaenko, Alexei ^a   Brown, Eric ^a   Funfschilling, Denis ^a   Ahlers, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

CROSSOVER; DATA COVER; FINITE CONDUCTIVITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 13844292728     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002289     Document Type: Article

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