Thermally driven turbulent flows are omnipresent in nature and technology. A good
understanding of the physical principles governing such flows is key for numerous problems …

Turbulent flows are characterized by the non-linear cascades of energy and other inviscid
invariants across a huge range of scales, from where they are injected to where they are …

Recent experimental, numerical and theoretical advances in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard
convection are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the physics and structure of the …

The Sun is our nearest star; it is also the most important star that determines life on Earth. A
large variety of phenomena observed on the Sun's surface, with potential impact on Earth, is …

Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection displays a large-scale order in the form of rolls and
cells on lengths larger than the layer height once the fluctuations of temperature and velocity …

While the heat transfer and the flow dynamics in a cylindrical Rayleigh-Bénard (RB) cell are
rather independent of the aspect ratio Γ (diameter/height) for large Γ, a small-Γ cell …

To study turbulent thermal convection, one often chooses a Rayleigh-Bénard flow
configuration, where a fluid is confined between a heated bottom plate, a cooled top plate of …

Natural convection arising over vertical and horizontal heated flat surfaces is one of the most
ubiquitous flows at a range of spatiotemporal scales. Despite significant developments over …

We report the observation of superstructures, ie, very large-scale and long living coherent
structures in highly turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection up to Rayleigh Ra= 10 9. We …

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection is compared using
results from direct numerical simulations and previous experiments. The phase diagrams for …