Thermal convection in a cavity: the core structure near the horizontal boundaries

DOI10.1098/rspa.1983.0065zbMath0525.76074OpenAlexW1968308041MaRDI QIDQ3038904

P. G. Simpkins, P. G. Daniels, P. A. Blythe

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1983.0065

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationRayleigh numberasymptotic expansionsPrandtl numberrectangular domainNusselt numbersteady-stateinsulated horizontal wallstwo- dimensionalboundary layer equations for stream function and temperaturedouble structure of boundary layersfirst and second term in expansionslimiting behavior of vertical boundary layers near cornerssolution at top of hot wall equivalent to bottom of cold wallvertical walls at constant but different temperatures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Free convection (76R10) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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