Particle image velocimetry measurement of the velocity field in turbulent thermal convection

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6 2, 2003, Pages 663031-6630318

  Xia, Ke Qing ^a   Sun, Chao ^a   Zhou, Sheng Qi ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FREQUENCIES; HEAT CONVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1442354814     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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