Vol 6 - Landau+Lifschitz - Fluid Mechanics · Problem 57.1

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Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · convective-instability-fluid-at-rest

Problem

Find the critical Rayleigh number for the occurrence of convection in a fluid in a vertical cylindrical pipe along which a constant temperature gradient is maintained; the pipe walls are (a) perfectly conducting or (b) perfectly insulating (G. A. Ostroumov 1946).

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