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Convective flow of the cellular type has been investigated in vertical cylinders of axisymmetric and annular shape. The critical Rayleigh numbers were determined as functions of the box diameter and the gap width respectively. A distinct influence of side walls with different thermal conductivities was observed.
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Stork et al. (1975) studied this question.
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