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name        Stephen Delderfield
status      student
age         17

Question -  In hot liquids convection currents are created. What
determines the shape of the circulation? Is it just the shape of the
container? If not, is there a formula by which one can model a particular
current?
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I'm not sure, but I don't think this problem is solved. Convection is
turbulent flow and the models for that are pretty nasty mathematically.

Vince Calder
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