Transitions between turbulent states in rotating rayleigh-bénard convection

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Stevens, Richard J A M ^a   Zhong, Jin Qiang ^b   Clercx, Herman J H ^a,c   Ahlers, Guenter ^b   Lohse, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EKMAN VORTICES; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSPORT; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SUPERCRITICAL BIFURCATION; TURBULENT STATE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; ROTATION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 68649122409     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.024503     Document Type: Article

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