Mean temperature profiles in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection of water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 633, Issue , 2009, Pages 449-460

  Shishkina, Olga ^a   Thess, André ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; BLASIUS BOUNDARY LAYER; DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURES; FINITE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT; HIGHER-ORDER POLYNOMIALS; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 69649087587     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009990528     Document Type: Article

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