Convection in rotating annular channels heated from below. Part 1. Linear stability and weakly nonlinear mean flows

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-465

  Liao, Xinhao ^a   Zhang, Keke ^b   Chang, Yingli ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boussinesq convection; Rotating annulus

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; STRESSES; WALL FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ CONVECTION; BOUSSINESQ FLUID; NONLINEAR MEAN FLOWS; ROTATING ANNULUS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; STRESSES; WALL FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION;

EID: 30844455769     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920500291805     Document Type: Article

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