TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lappa,Marcello
TI  - Thermal convection: patterns, evolution and stability
SN  - 9780470699942 (cloth)
AV  - TA418.54 .L37 2010
U1  - 620.11296 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chichester, UK
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Thermal conductivity
KW  - Density currents
KW  - Viscous flow
KW  - Fluid dynamics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -