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A free convection flow is one produced by buoyancy forces. Temperature differences are introduced, for example through boundaries maintained at different temperatures, and the consequent density differences induce the motion; hot fluid tends to rise, cold to fall.
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Tritton, D.J. (1977). Free Convection. In: Physical Fluid Dynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9992-3_14
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