Natural convection in a stably stratified fluid along vertical plates and cylinders with temporally periodic surface temperature variations

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 546, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-311

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAMINAR FLOW; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; STABLY STRATIFIED FLUID; VERTICAL PLATES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 31144440590     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007159     Document Type: Article

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