Azimuthal motion, reorientation, cessation, and reversal of the large-scale circulation in turbulent thermal convection: A comparative study in aspect ratio one and one-half geometries

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Xi, Heng Dong ^a   Xia, Ke Qing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWCHARTING; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE DROP; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AZIMUTHAL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONDITIONAL AVERAGE; CONVECTION CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW STRENGTH; HEAT TRANSPORT; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; POISSON PROCESSES; POWER-LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBE MEASUREMENTS; RAYLEIGH; TIME INTERVALS; TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION; TWISTING MOTION; VERTICAL PLANES; WEAK EFFECT;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 53449084032     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.036326     Document Type: Article

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