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Horizontal convection dynamics: Insights from transient adjustment

Date

Authors

Griffiths, Ross

Hughes, Graham

Gayen, Bishakhdatta

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

The dynamics of horizontal convection are revealed by examining transient adjustment toward thermal equilibrium. We restrict attention to high Rayleigh numbers (of $O(1{0}^{12} )$) and a Prandtl number ${\sim }5$ that characterize many practical applicati

Keywords

Keywords: Boundary perturbations; Convection and conduction; Convection in cavities; Laboratory experiments; Ocean circulation; Small-scale convection; Temperature differences; Thermal boundary conditions; Boundary conditions; Boundary layers; Buoyancy; Diffusion; convection; convection in cavities; ocean circulation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74136

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/jfm.2013.244

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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