Rayleigh-Bénard convection in open and closed rotating cavities

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-311

  King, Martin P ^a   Wilson, Michael ^b   Owen, J Michael ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rayleigh B nard convection; Rotating cavities

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GAS TURBINES; HEAT CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

OPEN AND CLOSED ROTATING CAVITIES; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION;

FLOW STRUCTURE;

BUOYANCY; FLOW STRUCTURE; GAS TURBINES; HEAT CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34848854247     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2432898     Document Type: Article

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