Effects of spatially varying roof cooling on thermal convection at high Rayleigh number in a fluid with a strongly temperature-dependent viscosity

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006260zbMath1181.76007OpenAlexW2127152332MaRDI QIDQ5187660

A. M. Jellinek, A. Lenardic

Publication date: 26 February 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112009006260

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Free convection (76R10)

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