Rayleigh and Prandtl number scaling in the bulk of Rayleigh-Bénard turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Calzavarini, Enrico ^a   Lohse, Detlef ^b   Toschi, Federico ^c,d   Tripiccione, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Department of Urology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMAL DISSIPATION; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

TURBULENCE;

PRANDTL NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 20444408766     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1884165     Document Type: Article

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