The onset of convective instability in a horizontal fluid layer subjected to a constant heat flux from below

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 19-20, 2004, Pages 4377-4384

  Choi, Chang Kyun ^a   Park, Joung Hwan ^a   Kim, Min Chan ^b   Lee, Jong Dae ^c   Kim, Jae Jin ^d   Davis, E James ^e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven instability; Constant flux heating; Critical time; Propagation theory; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DATA REDUCTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FLUID LAYERS; ISOTHERMAL; PROPAGATION THEORY; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

HEAT FLUX;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 3242717014     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.04.028     Document Type: Article

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