Radial boundary layer structure and Nusselt number in RayleighBnard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 643, Issue , 2010, Pages 495-507

  Stevens, Richard J A M ^a   Verzicco, Roberto ^b   Lohse, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Plume dynamics; Rayleigh Bnard convection; Thermal and viscous boundary layers; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; PLUME DYNAMICS; RAYLEIGH; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL DISSIPATION; TURBULENT CONVECTION; VISCOUS BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 76249085827     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992461     Document Type: Article

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