patterns, evolution and stability Lappa, Marcello. creator text bibliography enk Chichester, UK Wiley 2010 monographic eng

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xx, 670 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 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. Marcello Lappa. . Includes bibliographical references and index. Thermal conductivity Density currents Viscous flow Fluid dynamics TA418.54 .L37 2010 620.11296 LAP-T 2010 9780470699942 (cloth) 0470699949 (cloth) 2009025407 DLC 090625 20180118181419.0 15791316