thermal convection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthermalandconvection
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thermal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈθɜː.məl/us/ˈθɝː.məl/
connected ...
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convection
noun[U]
uk/kənˈvek.ʃən/us/kənˈvek.ʃən/
the flow of heat through a gas or ...
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(Definition ofthermalandconvectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The system is therefore unstable tothermalconvectionwhile the compositional field is stabilizing.
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The problem we address is that ofthermalconvectionin a horizontally infinite layer heated from below.
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A few minutes after the start of the experiment, strongthermalconvectiondeveloped in the melt and this appeared to mix the melt very efficiently.
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The approach discussed also excludes consideration of possible steady-state regimes ofthermalconvection.
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A simple model, which isolates the dynamic influence of a strong azimuthal magnetic field onthermalconvectionin a rotating system, is as follows.
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After the plate was withdrawn, the heavy mixed parcel descended as a downward movement ofthermalconvection.
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The influence of hydrodynamic dispersion onthermalconvectionin porous media is studied theoretically.
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We may verify that the effects ofthermalconvectionshould be small by comparing the magnitude of the thermal and electromagnetic stirring forces.
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The interstitial fluid is envisaged as being stagnant, while the underlying liquid region is in vigorousthermalconvection.
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This generates vigorousthermalconvection.
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In the conservation of energy equation (2.3), the appearance of thethermalconvectionin the vertical direction is due to the large vertical thermal gradients balancing with small vertical velocities.
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Neither of these solutions can be expected to give an adequate idea of 'mixed'thermalconvectionin a vertical pipe.
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Afterthermalconvectionis initiated the lower neutral layer quickly becomes a turbulent mixed layer and then advances gradually into the outer stable layer or less dense layer.
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There is a certain amount of confused detail in the photographs resulting from small-scale turbulence in the jet, and fromthermalconvectionin the ambient air.
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We have pointed out at several instances the similarity between the variational problem in the case ofthermalconvectionand in the case of shear flow.
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Nakagawa (1957) experimentally studiedthermalconvectionin mercury in the presence of a magnetic field.
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Unlike heat transmitted by thermal conduction orthermalconvection, thermal radiation can propagate through a vacuum.
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This zone is not regulated bythermalconvection; however the temperature drops from approximately 7 to 2 million kelvin with increasing distance from the core.
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