Spatial variations of the mean and statistical quantities in the thermal boundary layers of turbulent convection

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-136

  Wang, J ^a,b   Xia, K Q ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS); SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 1442322387     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00081-y     Document Type: Article

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