The onset of convection in rotating circular cylinders with experimental boundary conditions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 622, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-73

  Zhang, Keke ^a   Liao, Xinhao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; INERTIAL WAVES; ONSET OF CONVECTION; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; ROTATING CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; TRAVELLING WAVES; VERTICAL AXIS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; CYLINDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW STABILITY; INTERNAL WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 65649094499     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800517X     Document Type: Article

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