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This paper concerns the analysis of convective instabilities and fully developed transport properties in Bénard convection. The onset of convective instabilities driven by surface-tension variations and buoyancy forces is analyzed theoretically by using the propagation theory we have developed. Based on these stability criteria, the subsequent transport correlations of fully developed buoyancy-driven convection in horizontal fluid layers are suggested. It is found that the present predictions are compared favorably with existing experimental results.
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Choi, C.K., Kang, K.H., Kim, M.C. et al. Convective instabilities and transport properties in horizontal fluid layers. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 15, 192–198 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707072
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