Experimental and numerical investigation of turbulent convection in a rotating cylinder

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 445-476

  Kunnen, R P J ^a,c   Geurts, B J ^a,b   Clercx, H J H ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bnard; Convection; Rotating flows

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

BNARD; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (R.M.S.) VALUES; ROTATING FLOW; STEREOSCOPIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER; VISCOUS BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ROTATION;

CONVECTION; CYLINDER; EKMAN LAYER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 76249130237     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200999190X     Document Type: Article

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