Transition to oscillatory flow in a differentially heated cavity with a conducting partition

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.471zbMath1250.76083MaRDI QIDQ3167941

Nicholas John Williamson, M. P. Kirkpatrick, Steven W. Armfield

Publication date: 29 October 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.471

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer stability; absolute/convective instability; convection in cavities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76E06: Convection in hydrodynamic stability

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