The multifractal nature of plume structure in high-Rayleigh-number convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 526, Issue , 2005, Pages 245-256

  Puthenveettil, Baburaj A ^a   Ananthakrishna, G ^a   Arakeri, Jaywant H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUXES; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM; NON-TRIVIAL SPATIAL SCALING; PLUME STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; MEMBRANE; PLUME; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 15944414572     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002897     Document Type: Article

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