Two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations of the transition to oscillatory convection in low-Prandtl-number fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112098002523zbMath0933.76085OpenAlexW1986644328MaRDI QIDQ4243881

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Publication date: 24 May 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098002523

zbMATH Keywords

Prandtl numberhorizontal temperature gradientHadley circulationshallow cavitiesadiabatic lateral wallsmono-periodic flowmulti-roll structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Free convection (76R10)

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