Low-Prandtl-number effects on global and local statistics in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection

Y Zhang, Q Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present global and local statistical properties of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard (RB)
convection at low Prandtl numbers in this work. A series of high resolution two-dimensional …

Magnetically Responsive Gallium-Based Liquid Metal: Preparation, Property and Application

Y Shen, D **, T Li, X Yang, X Ma - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Magnetically responsive soft smart materials have garnered significant academic attention
due to their flexibility, remote controllability, and reconfigurability. However, traditional soft …

Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena

F Stefani - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent decades have seen enormous progress in the experimental investigation of
fundamental processes that are relevant to geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics …

Three-dimensional flow structures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at low Prandtl number Pr= 0.03

T Wondrak, M Sieger, R Mitra, F Schindler… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional flow structures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at low Prandtl
number Pr = 0.03 Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2023), vol. 974, A48, doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.794 …

Flow state transition induced by emergence of orbiting satellite eddies in two-dimensional turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

ZY Gao, X Tao, SD Huang, Y Bao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We report a numerical investigation of a previously noticed but less explored flow state
transition in two-dimensional turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection. The simulations are …

[HTML][HTML] Two-field excitation for contactless inductive flow tomography

M Sieger, K Gudat, R Mitra, S Sonntag, F Stefani… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) is a flow measurement technique allowing for
visualization of the global flow in electrically conducting fluids. The method is based on the …

Strong coupling of flow structure and heat transport in liquid metal thermal convection

XY Chen, YC **e, JC Yang, MJ Ni - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
A typical feature of thermal convection is the formation of large-scale flow (LSF) structures of
the order of system size. How this structure affects global heat transport is an important issue …

Experimental study of heat transfer in a rectangular cell with built-in lattice channels

BF Wang, JL Wu, JZ Wu, KL Chong, YL Liu, Q Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally study the heat transfer and flow characteristics of thermal convection in a
rectangular cell with built-in lattice channels. The working fluid used is water with a Prandtl …

Flow state transition and bi-stability of spanwise flow structures in quasi-two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection

L Li, Y Tian, SD Huang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025 - Elsevier
We report an experimental observation of flow state transition and bi-stability of the
spanwise flow structures in quasi-two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection. The …

Effects of asymmetric rough boundaries on turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

L Zhang, KQ **a, YC **e - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Effects of asymmetric rough boundaries on turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection Page 1 J.
Fluid Mech. (2024), vol. 997, A72, doi:10.1017/jfm.2024.852 Effects of asymmetric rough …