articleThe European Physical Journal EJul 1, 2012HYBRID OA

New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

FCFrancesca ChillàJSJörg Schumacher

École Normale Supérieure de Lyon · Technische Universität Ilmenau

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Abstract

Recent experimental, numerical and theoretical advances in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the physics and structure of the thermal and velocity boundary layers which play a key role for the better understanding of the turbulent transport of heat and momentum in convection at high and very high Rayleigh numbers. We also discuss important extensions of Rayleigh-Bénard convection such as non-Oberbeck-Boussinesq effects and convection with phase changes.

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  • Rayleigh–Bénard convection
  • Convection
  • Turbulence
  • Rayleigh number
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Natural convection
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