Very viscous horizontal convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 611, Issue , 2008, Pages 395-426

  Chiu Webster, S ^a   Hinch, E J ^a   Lister, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL CONVECTION; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER; LINEAR TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; STRONG STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TRANSIENT CALCULATION;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HEAT FLUX; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 50849115146     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002942     Document Type: Article

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