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Free convection from a heated sphere at large Grashof number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Janet M. Potter  and
N. Riley
Janet M. Potter
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich
N. Riley
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich
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Abstract

We consider the free-convective flow from a heated sphere, in the Boussinesq approximation, at high Grashof number. The characteristics of the boundary layer close to the surface of the sphere are evaluated numerically, and the eruption of the fluid from the boundary layer into the plume above the sphere is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , 29 October 1980 , pp. 769 - 783
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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