An experimental research on the instability of natural convection boundary layer around a vertical heated flat plate

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-7

  Yan, Dachun ^a   Tao, Jianjun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyancy subrange; Instability; Natural convection boundary layer; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745543054     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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