A direct numerical simulation of K- and H-type flow transition in a heated vertical channel

DOI10.1063/1.1497169zbMath1185.76082MaRDI QIDQ3556151

Jacob N. Chung, Yen-Cho Chen

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497169

zbMATH Keywords

laminar flow; bifurcation; natural convection; vortices; channel flow; forced convection; flow simulation; laminar to turbulent transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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Finite-amplitude instability of the buoyancy boundary layer in a thermally stratified medium, Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection flow in a vertical channel filled with porous media, Weakly nonlinear stability analysis of non-isothermal Poiseuille flow in a vertical channel

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