Stability analysis of the flow in a cubical cavity heated from below

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3639-3655

  Puigjaner, D ^a   Herrero, J ^a   Giralt, Francesc ^a   Simo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ARNOLDI METHODS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CAVITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEATING; STABILITY;

EID: 7244224903     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1778031     Document Type: Article

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