New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

F Chillà, J Schumacher - The European Physical Journal E, 2012 - Springer
Recent experimental, numerical and theoretical advances in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard
convection are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the physics and structure of the …

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 …

Fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection: the role of plumes

S Grossmann, D Lohse - Physics of fluids, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Our unifying theory of turbulent thermal convection [Grossmann and Lohse, J. Fluid. Mech.
407, 27 (2000); Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3316 (2001); Phys. Rev. E 66, 016305 (2002)] is …

Current trends and future directions in turbulent thermal convection

KQ **a - Theoretical and applied mechanics letters, 2013 - Elsevier
The system of turbulent thermal convection is introduced. Progresses in recent decades in
the four major areas of research in turbulent convection are briefly reviewed. Some of the …

Turbulent convection at high Rayleigh numbers and aspect ratio 4

JJ Niemela, KR Sreenivasan - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2006 - cambridge.org
We report measurements of the Nusselt number, Nu, in turbulent thermal convection in a
cylindrical container of aspect ratio 4. The highest Rayleigh number achieved was Ra= 2× …

Flow states and heat transport in liquid metal convection

L Ren, X Tao, L Zhang, MJ Ni, KQ **a… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Flow states and heat transport in liquid metal convection Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2022), vol.
951, R1, doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.866 Flow states and heat transport in liquid metal convection …

[KNYGA][B] Rotating thermal flows in natural and industrial processes

M Lappa - 2012 - books.google.com
Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes provides the reader with a
systematic description of the different types of thermal convection and flow instabilities in …

Turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in spherical shells

T Gastine, J Wicht, JM Aurnou - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
Turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in spherical shells Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2015), vol.
778, pp. 721–764. c Cambridge University Press 2015 doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.401 721 …

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 …