Turbulent convection at high Rayleigh numbers and aspect ratio 4

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 557, Issue , 2006, Pages 411-422

  Niemela, J J ^a   Sreenivasan, K R ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33746041858     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006009669     Document Type: Article

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