Investigation of the onset of thermo-bioconvection in a suspension of oxytactic microorganisms in a shallow fluid layer heated from below

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-299

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconvection Rayleigh number; Oxytactic microorganisms; Stability; Thermo bioconvection

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MICROORGANISMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

OXYTACTIC MICROORGANISMS; OXYTACTIC UPSWIMMING; THERMO-BIOCONVECTIONS; THERMOPHILES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABILITY;

CONVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 23944492874     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-005-0167-3     Document Type: Article

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