Limits on the Transport of Heat and Momentum by Turbulent Convection with Large-Scale Flow

DOI10.1002/sapm1990834273zbMath0707.76052OpenAlexW2497791919MaRDI QIDQ3489682

Louis N. Howard

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Studies in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/sapm1990834273

zbMATH Keywords

horizontal layermomentum fluxeslarge-scale flowhigh-Rayleigh-number convectionirregular structure of turbulent plumes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulence (76F99) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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