Instability of a chemically dense layer heated from below and overlain by a deep less viscous fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 572, Issue , 2007, Pages 433-469

  Jaupart, Claude ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b   Cottrell, Elizabeth ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOUS FLOW; BUOYANCY; HEAT CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

ISOTHERMAL FLUID; LARGE-PRANDTL-NUMBER FLUIDS; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOUS FLOW; BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

BUOYANCY; FLOW STABILITY; HEAT FLUX; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL EXPANSION; INSTABILITY; ISOTHERM; MANTLE PLUME; MIXING; OSCILLATING FLOW; PERTURBATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

CRITICAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOUS FLUID;

EID: 33846467742     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003521     Document Type: Article

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