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Non-linear Convection with Free Boundaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. O. Murphy
J. O. Murphy*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne
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In an IAU Symposium report, Spiegel has made mention of the basic reasons for the astrophysical interest in the problem of non-linear convection of a horizontal fluid layer heated from below. Unfortunately the two important parameters of this problem—the Prandtl number P and the Rayleigh number R take on ‘extreme’ values in the astrophysical situation and this presents immediate difficulties as far as the numerical solution of the basic equations go.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 8 , September 1970 , pp. 381 - 382
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1970

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