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Convection driven by differential heating at a horizontal boundary

Date

Authors

Mullarney, J

Griffiths, Ross

Hughes, Graham

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

We report laboratory and numerical experiments with the convective circulation that develops in a long channel driven by heating and cooling through opposite halves of the horizontal base. The problem is similar to that posed by Stommel (Proc. Natl Acad.

Keywords

Keywords: Boundary conditions; Density (specific gravity); Heat flux; Numerical methods; Problem solving; Thermal effects; Turbulence; Velocity measurement; Convective circulation; Differential heating; Rayleigh numbers; Thermocline depth; Heat convection; boundary

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87260

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S0022112004000485

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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