Oscillatory convection and limitations of the Boussinesq approximation

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.511zbMath1462.85006arXiv1607.06005OpenAlexW3106352965WikidataQ58422290 ScholiaQ58422290MaRDI QIDQ4976852

Toby S. Wood, P. J. Bushby

Publication date: 2 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.06005

zbMATH Keywords

convectioncompressible flowsrotating flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Compressible fluids and gas dynamics (76Nxx) Diffusion and convection (76Rxx)

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