Large prandtl number behavior of the boussinesq system of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 821-825

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boussinesq system; Infinite Prandtl number model; Nusselt number; Prandtl number; Rayleigh number; Rayleigh B nard convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

BOUSSINESQ SYSTEM; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY;

PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 7444257483     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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