Scaling investigation of the natural convection boundary layer on an evenly heated plate

DOI10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.08.020zbMath1124.80304OpenAlexW2017504442MaRDI QIDQ878831

John C. Patterson, Wenxian Lin, Steven W. Armfield

Publication date: 26 April 2007

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.2006.08.020

zbMATH Keywords

scalingnatural convection boundary layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Free convection (76R10)

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