A numerical investigation of 3-D flow regimes in a toroidal natural convection loop

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2011.08.017zbMath1231.80026OpenAlexW2158637960MaRDI QIDQ656729

Darren L. Hitt, Christopher M. Danforth, El Hassan Ridouane

Publication date: 13 January 2012

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.08.017

zbMATH Keywords

power spectrumchaotic regimeunsteady natural convection3D numerical simulationsRayleigh numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Free convection (76R10)

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