Structure of thermal boundary layers in turbulent Rayleigh - Bénard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 572, Issue , 2007, Pages 231-254

  du Puits, R ^a   Resagk, C ^a   Tilgner, A ^b   Busse, F H ^c   Thess, A ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHOD;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 33846369375     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003569     Document Type: Article

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