Heat transfer and large scale dynamics in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

G Ahlers, S Grossmann, D Lohse - Reviews of modern physics, 2009 - APS
The progress in our understanding of several aspects of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard
convection is reviewed. The focus is on the question of how the Nusselt number and the …

Small-scale properties of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

D Lohse, KQ **a - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The properties of the structure functions and other small-scale quantities in turbulent
Rayleigh-Bénard convection are reviewed, from an experimental, theoretical, and numerical …

Phenomenology of buoyancy-driven turbulence: recent results

MK Verma, A Kumar, A Pandey - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we describe the recent developments in thefield of buoyancy-driven turbulence
with a focus on energy spectrum andflux. Scaling and numerical arguments show that the …

Circulation in high Reynolds number isotropic turbulence is a bifractal

KP Iyer, KR Sreenivasan, PK Yeung - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
The turbulence problem at the level of scaling exponents is hard in part because of the
multifractal scaling of small scales, which demands that each moment order be treated and …

Circulation in quasi-2D turbulence: experimental observation of the area rule and bifractality

HY Zhu, JH **e, KQ **a - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present an experimental study of the velocity circulation in a quasi-two-dimensional
turbulent flow. We show that the area rule of circulation around simple loops holds in both …

Experimental studies of the viscous boundary layer properties in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

C Sun, YH Cheung, KQ **a - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2008 - cambridge.org
We report high-resolution measurements of the properties of the velocity boundary layer in
turbulent thermal convection using the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique and …

Turbulent flow in the bulk of Rayleigh–Bénard convection: small-scale properties in a cubic cell

M Kaczorowski, KQ **a - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Turbulent flow in the bulk of Rayleigh–Bénard convection: small-scale properties in a cubic cell
Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2013), vol. 722, pp. 596–617. c Cambridge University Press 2013 596 …

CFD investigation of vapor transportation in a tubular solar still operating under vacuum

T Yan, G **e, H Liu, Z Wu, L Sun - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar stills are one of the most promising and eco-friendly solutions for providing fresh water
in arid regions. This study used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling to investigate …

Thermal boundary layer structure in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a rectangular cell

Q Zhou, KQ **a - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
We report high-spatial-resolution measurements of the thermal boundary layer (BL)
properties in turbulent thermal convection. The experiment was made near the lower …

Lagrangian acceleration measurements in convective thermal turbulence

R Ni, SD Huang, KQ **a - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2012 - cambridge.org
We report the first experimental study of Lagrangian acceleration in turbulent Rayleigh–
Bénard convection, using particle tracking velocimetry. A method has been developed to …