Formation of a pitchfork bifurcation in thermal convection flow inside an isosceles triangular cavity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Ridouane, El Hassan ^a   Campo, Antonio ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; GRASHOF NUMBERS; PITCHFORK BIFURCATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 33746762204     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2220051     Document Type: Article

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