The onset of bio-thermal convection in a suspension of gyrotactic microorganisms in a fluid layer with an inclined temperature gradient

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-129

  Avramenko, A A ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^b  

^a Department of Modeling of Heat Transfer Processes in Energy and Heat Engineering Facilities   (Ukraine)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Flow; Microorganisms; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BASIC FLOW; BIOCONVECTION; COLLOCATION METHOD; CONVECTION; CONVECTION FLOW; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINITE DEPTH; FLOW; FLUID LAYER; GYROTACTIC MICROORGANISMS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; INCLINED TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABILITY PROBLEM; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 76049127199     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531011008154     Document Type: Article

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