Heat transport by turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in 1 m diameter cylindrical cells of widely varying aspect ratio

DOI10.1017/S0022112005006610zbMath1078.76506OpenAlexW1967769930MaRDI QIDQ5715464

Chao Sun, Ke-Qing Xia, Liyuan Ren, Hao Song

Publication date: 3 January 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112005006610

zbMATH Keywords

power lawsNusselt number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Free convection (76R10) Convective turbulence (76F35)

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