Onset of buoyancy-driven convection in Cartesian and cylindrical geometries

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Myint, Philip C ^a,b   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEAT CONVECTION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; CARTESIAN GEOMETRY; CYLINDRICAL DOMAIN; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; ONSET OF CONVECTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84877678703     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4801930     Document Type: Article

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