Rayleigh-Bénard flow of a rarefied gas and its attractors. III. Three-dimensional computer simulations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Stefanov, S ^a   Roussinov, V ^a   Cercignani, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FROUDE NUMBER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

FIXED TEMPERATURE RATIO; KNUDSEN NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BERNARD FLOW;

FLOW OF GASES;

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FROUDE NUMBER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 38049069219     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2815729     Document Type: Article

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