Velocity oscillations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 412-423

  Qiu, X L ^a   Shang, X D ^b   Tong, P ^a,c   Xia, K Q ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE;

RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; VELOCITY OSCILLATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 1542290495     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1637350     Document Type: Article

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