Pattern selection in the thermal convection of non-Newtonian fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 668, Issue , 2011, Pages 500-550

  Albaalbaki, Bashar ^a   Khayat, Roger E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

B nard convection; non Newtonian flows; pattern formation

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOUS FLOW;

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; NON NEWTONIAN MEDIUM; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PATTERN FORMATION; PATTERN SELECTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SHEAR THICKENING FLUID; THERMAL CONVECTIONS;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

AVES;

EID: 79951639236     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004775     Document Type: Article

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