The Pe ∼ 1 regime of convection across a horizontal permeable membrane

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 679, Issue , 2011, Pages 476-504

  Reddy, G V Rama ^a   Puthenveettil, Baburaj A ^b  

^a BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; plumes thermals; turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DROPS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PLUMES/THERMALS; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

MEMBRANES;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; CONVECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 80052162606     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.142     Document Type: Article

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