The sensitivity of convection from a horizontal boundary to the distribution of heating

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 647, Issue , 2010, Pages 71-90

  Coman, M A ^a   Griffiths, R W ^a   Hughes, G O ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY FORCING; BUOYANCY FLUXES; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE COOLING; SYMMETRIC FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTIONS;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY FORCING; CIRCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW STABILITY; HEATING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 77952355643     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993247     Document Type: Article

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