The origin of oscillations of the large-scale circulation of turbulent RayleighBnard convection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 638, Issue , 2009, Pages 383-400

  Brown, Eric ^a   Ahlers, Guenter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO;

CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; ORIGINAL MODEL; RESTORING FORCES; SLOSHING MODES; TORSIONAL OSCILLATION; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ADVECTION; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 76249097939     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991224     Document Type: Article

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