Local heat fluxes in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Shishkina, Olga ^a   Wagner, Claus ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID VOLUME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL DISSIPATION RATE;

HEAT FLUX;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 35348875555     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2756583     Document Type: Article

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