Stability of free-convection flows of variable-viscosity fluids in vertical and inclined slots

DOI10.1017/S0022112089000236zbMath0662.76060OpenAlexW1966507097MaRDI QIDQ3813476

Yenming J. Chen, Arne J. Pearlstein

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089000236

zbMATH Keywords

buoyancy-driven parallel shear flowglycerol-water solutionsinclined slotsparallel free-convection flows of constant-viscosity fluidsvariable-viscosity Newtonian fluidviscosity-temperature variation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Free convection (76R10) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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