The free convection of a fluid with an initial vertical density gradient and lateral heating

Some results are given of an experimental investigation into the free convection in solutions with density which is nonuniform with height. It is shown that convective motion in solutions with a vertical density gradient and lateral heating is cellular in nature. The height of the cells is determined as a function of the temperature head and the density gradient.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 123–126, January–February, 1971.