Strong non-Boussinesq effects near the onset of convection in a fluid near its critical point

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 15-48

  Ahlers, Guenter ^a   Dressel, Bernd ^b   Oh, Jaechul ^c   Pesch, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bnard; Instability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYSTERESIS; PLASMA STABILITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THULIUM;

BNARD; CLASSICAL PREDICTIONS; CONVECTION PATTERNS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; HYSTERETIC TRANSITION; NON BOUSSINESQ EFFECT; ONSET OF CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYSTERESIS; INSTABILITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 76349086030     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991686     Document Type: Article

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