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Numerical Study of Rayleigh-Benard Convection in a Rectangular Box

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Numerical study for convective instability of a liquid with linear vertical initial temperature profile in a closed box is presented. The paper provides stability analysis of two-dimensional rolls. Results are compared with R. Krishnamurti, F.H. Busse and coworkers data.

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Kolmychkov, V.V., Mazhorova, O.S., Popov, Y.P., Shcheritsa, O.V. (2009). Numerical Study of Rayleigh-Benard Convection in a Rectangular Box. In: Margenov, S., Vulkov, L.G., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Numerical Analysis and Its Applications. NAA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5434. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00464-3_42

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