Natural convection between horizontal concentric cylinders with density inversion of water for low Rayleigh numbers

DOI10.1016/0017-9310(82)90034-5zbMath0498.76073MaRDI QIDQ1171478

T. Hung Nguyen, P. Vasseur, L. Robillard

Publication date: 1982

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(82)90034-5

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation method; variable density; stream function; infinite; constant Prandtl number; constant surface temperatures; cold water between two horizontal concentric cylinders; concentric inversion interface; ratio of radii and Rayleigh numbers; separate vortices; temperature between 0 degree C and 8 degree C

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

41A60: Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.)

76R10: Free convection

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