Experimental results are presented of the velocity and temperature distributions within a heat-generating fluid contained in a vertical closed cylinder, for the case in which the outer surface of the cylinder wall is maintained at a uniform temperature. Previous experimental data are compared and an earlier theoretical model for a different thermal boundary condition is reinterpreted for the present case.
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