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On the influence of Coriolis force on onset of thermal convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

P. P. Niiler
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Now at Department of Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
F. E. Bisshopp
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Abstract

The effect of Coriolis force on the onset of thermal convection in a shallow layer of viscous liquid is studied in the limit of rapid rotation of the layer. Existing results which apply when the fluid lies between free boundaries are extended to the case where the boundaries are rigid.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1965 Cambridge University Press

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