Experimental study of the interaction between convective and elliptical instabilities

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Lavorel, Guillaume ^a   Le Bars, Michael ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEAT FLUX;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; CYLINDRICAL SHELL; ELLIPTICAL INSTABILITY; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VISCOUS BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 79251589639     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3508946     Document Type: Article

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