Non-Boussinesq simulations of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a perfect gas

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1333

  Robinson, Frank ^a   Chan, Kwing ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BLOBS; NON-BOSSINESQ SIMULATIONS; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

PHYSICS;

EID: 2442651328     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1689350     Document Type: Article

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