Rayleigh-Bénard convection in elliptic and stadium-shaped containers

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 6-

  Meevasana, Worawat ^a   Ahlers, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; DEFECT FORMATION; NONLINEAR DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS; RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION (RBC);

ASPECT RATIO; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349102120     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.046308     Document Type: Article

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