Linear stability analysis of cylindrical Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 711, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-39

  Wang, Bo Fu ^a   Ma, Dong Jun ^b   Chen, Cheng ^c   Sun, De Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CHINA AERODYNAMICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

bifurcation; buoyancy driven instability; convection in cavities

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUOYANCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER SERIES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CONVECTION IN CAVITIES; CRITICAL MODES; CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; OSCILLATORY MODE; STABILITY BOUNDARIES;

SHEAR FLOW;

BASEFLOW; BIFURCATION; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; CYLINDER; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870064258     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.360     Document Type: Article

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