A theoretical model for horizontal convection at high Rayleigh number

DOI10.1017/S0022112007005630zbMath1114.76064WikidataQ67584617 ScholiaQ67584617MaRDI QIDQ5297645

W. H. Peterson, Ross William Griffiths, Julia C. Mullarney, Graham O. Hughes

Publication date: 12 July 2007

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

zbMATH Keywords

vertical diffusion; rectangular box; turbulent plume

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76R50: Diffusion

76R10: Free convection

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