Bounds on vertical heat transport for infinite-Prandtl-number Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 560, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-241

  Doering, Charles R ^a   Otto, Felix ^b   Reznikoff, Maria G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; LOGARITHMIC FACTOR; VERTICAL HEAT TRANSPORT;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33748268887     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000097     Document Type: Article

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