Rayleigh–Bénard convection: Improved bounds on the Nusselt number

DOI10.1063/1.3623417zbMath1272.76229OpenAlexW1964311168MaRDI QIDQ2849709

Christian Seis, Felix Otto

Publication date: 24 September 2013

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623417

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq equationsinfinite-Prandtl-number limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45) Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Forced convection (76R05)

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