DENSITY PROFILE IN CONVECTION OF WATER NEAR 4-DEGREES-C

Authors
SONNINO G DEPAZ M
Citation
G. Sonnino et M. Depaz, DENSITY PROFILE IN CONVECTION OF WATER NEAR 4-DEGREES-C, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 48(2), 1993, pp. 1572-1575
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1572 - 1575
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1993)48:2<1572:DPICOW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Data on cylindrical free convection in water near 4-degrees-C are comp ared with a theory previously developed for a fluid having a density m aximum. The main features of experimental curves are well reproduced b y theory and it is shown that the typical temperature arrests observed in free cooling of water are due to the particular profile of the den sity which propagates from the boundary layer inside the bulk of the f luid (the central nucleus). Here, we report a density behavior shown b y water in convective state.