Rayleigh-Bénard convection

English

Etymology

Named after Henri Bénard and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Noun

Rayleigh-Bénard convection (countable and uncountable, plural Rayleigh-Bénard convections)

1. (physics) A type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as Bénard cells.

Further reading

• Rayleigh-Bénard convection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia