Experimental studies of the viscous boundary layer properties in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112008001365zbMath1178.76052MaRDI QIDQ3529480

Chao Sun, Yin-Har Cheung, Ke-Qing Xia

Publication date: 13 October 2008

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40) Convective turbulence (76F35)

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