Prandtl number dependence of Nusselt number in direct numerical simulations

DOI10.1017/S0022112000001464MaRDI QIDQ4518289zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jackson R. Herring, Robert M. Kerr

Publication date 20 November 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000001464

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer thicknessesBoussinesq approximationNusselt numberPrandtl numberRayleigh numbervelocity scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65)

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