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Dynamics of laminar free-convective flow of a newtonian fluid between vertical plane isothermal walls

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The analytical solution of the unsteady problem on the laminar natural convection of an incompressible viscous fluid in an infinite vertical plane channel whose walls are held at constant and identical temperatures has been obtained.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 6, pp. 1141–1148, November–December, 2009.

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Ryazhskikh, V.I., Slyusarev, M.I., Boger, A.A. et al. Dynamics of laminar free-convective flow of a newtonian fluid between vertical plane isothermal walls. J Eng Phys Thermophy 82, 1163–1170 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0303-9

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