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The differentially heated cavity

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This review discusses recent work dealing with natural convection flow in a differentially heated cavity. The emphasis is placed primarily on work dealing with the non-Boussinesq regime, transitional flow, and turbulent flow. Direction for future work in areas where additional effort is required is also provided.

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Paolucci, S. The differentially heated cavity. Sadhana 19, 619–647 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744398

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