The search for slow transients, and the effect of imperfect vertical alignment, in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 557, Issue , 2006, Pages 347-367

  Ahlers, Guenter ^a   Brown, Eric ^a   Nikolaenko, Alexei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS;

CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIDEWALL TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33746078130     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006009888     Document Type: Article

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