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Non-linear Convection at High Rayleigh Number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. Van Der Borght*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne

Extract

The numerical solution of the basic equations for non-linear steady convection in the weak-coupling approximation is exceedingly difficult. In astronomical applications the Rayleigh number R will be of the order of1012, and we wish to report here some results obtained in the case of high Rayleigh numbers with the use of an asymptotic method.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1970

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