Natural-convection flows in air-filled, differentially heated cavities with adiabatic horizontal walls

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-466

  Xin, Shihe ^a,b   Le Quéré, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 77950823171     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780600605039     Document Type: Article

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