Oscillations of the large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection: The sloshing mode and its relationship with the torsional mode

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 630, Issue , 2009, Pages 367-390

  Zhou, Quan ^a,b   Xi, Heng Dong ^a   Zhou, Sheng Qi ^a   Sun, Chao ^a,c   Xia, Ke Qing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ANGULAR POSITIONS; AZIMUTHAL MOTION; DYNAMIC INFORMATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PHASE DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; VERTICAL CIRCULATION;

ASPECT RATIO;

CIRCULATION; FLOW FIELD; OSCILLATING FLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 67650917768     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006764     Document Type: Article

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