Convection in a horizontally heated sphere

DOI10.1017/S0022112001003913zbMath0991.76081OpenAlexW2161601403MaRDI QIDQ2743715

G. D. McBain

Publication date: 28 August 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112001003913

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansionnatural convectionbuoyancyStokes probleminertiacreeping flowfirst-order correctionshorizontally heated spherical fluid-filled cavitieslow Grashof number limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Free convection (76R10)

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