Prandtl number dependence of Nusselt number in direct numerical simulations

DOI10.1017/S0022112000001464zbMath0979.76036OpenAlexW2138076026MaRDI QIDQ4518289

Jackson R. Herring, Robert M. Kerr

Publication date: 20 November 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000001464

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationRayleigh numberPrandtl numberNusselt numberboundary layer thicknessesvelocity scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65)

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