Lappa, Marcello. <br/><br/>
Thermal convection :  patterns, evolution and stability/ 
Marcello Lappa. 
 - Chichester, UK :  Wiley,  2010. 
 - xx, 670 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Equations, general concepts, and methods of analysis -- Classical models, characteristic numbers, and scaling arguments -- Examples of thermal fluid convection and pattern formation in nature and technology -- Thermogravitational convection : the Rayleigh-Bénard problem -- The dynamics of thermal plumes and related regimes of motion -- Systems heating from the side : the Hadley flow -- Thermogravitational convection in inclined systems -- Thermovibrational convection -- Marangoni-Bénard convection -- Thermocapillary convection -- Mixed buoyancy-Marangoni convection -- Hybrid regimes with vibrations -- Flow control by magnetic fields. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470699942 (cloth) 0470699949 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009025407 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA990973  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015371258  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Thermal conductivity.<br/>Density currents.<br/>Viscous flow.<br/>Fluid dynamics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA418.54  / .L37 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.11296  / LAP-T 2010