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Prandtl Number

Prandtl Number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that represents the ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivicity, characterizing the relative thickness of the velocity and thermal boundary layers.

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Heat transfer and large scale dynamics in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Guenter Ahlers, Detlef Lohse · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Scaling in thermal convection: a unifying theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2000 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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On the Spectrum of Isotropic Temperature Fluctuations in an Isotropic Turbulence

S. Corrsin · Journal of Applied Physics · 1951 · 1K citations

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Scaling of hard thermal turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Bernard Castaing, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, F. Heslot et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1989 · 1K citations

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Recent Developments in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

Eberhard Bodenschatz, W. Pesch, Guenter Ahlers · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2000 · 1K citations

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  1. TH
    Tasawar Hayat

    Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

    58 publications · 2.8K citations

    34

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  2. GA
    Guenter Ahlers

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    40 publications · 5.1K citations

    30

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  3. FH
    F. H. Busse

    University of Bayreuth, Germany

    36 publications · 3.9K citations

    27

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  4. OS
    Olga Shishkina

    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany

    31 publications · 2K citations

    26

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  5. DL
    Detlef Lohse

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    25 publications · 5.1K citations

    25

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2K

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    49 h-index

    276 publications

    14K citations

  2. King Abdulaziz University

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    45 h-index

    180 publications

    8.5K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    42 h-index

    122 publications

    9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    283 publications

    14.2K citations

  5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    Kanpur, India

    34 h-index

    153 publications

    7.2K citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    34 h-index

    105 publications

    13.1K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    33 h-index

    89 publications

    10.3K citations

  8. COMSATS University Islamabad

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    33 h-index

    138 publications

    4.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    552 publications · 43.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Heat Transfer

    277 publications · 14.3K citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    204 publications · 9.1K citations

    48

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  4. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

    120 publications · 6.7K citations

    45

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 65 publications · 5.8K citations

    44

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