Lower Bounds to the Critical Rayleigh Number in Completely Confined Regions
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The Body
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A method is presented for estimating lower bounds to the minimum Rayleigh number that will induce a state of convective motion in a quasi-incompressible (Boussinesq) fluid where the temperature gradient is in the direction of the body force. The fluid is completely confined by fixed-temperature, rigid bounding walls. For any arbitrary region, the critical Rayleigh number is greater than 1558(h/D)4 where h is the maximum dimension of the given region in the direction of the body force and D is the diameter of an equal volume sphere. In certain simple geometrical configurations, improved lower-bound estimates are calculated.
1997 ◽
Vol 350
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pp. 271-293
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1987 ◽
Vol 185
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pp. 205-234
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Critical Rayleigh number of natural convection in high porosity anisotropic horizontal porous layers
2010 ◽
Vol 53
(7-8)
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pp. 1507-1513
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