The structure of sidewall boundary layers in confined rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

RPJ Kunnen, HJH Clercx… - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Turbulent rotating convection is usually studied in a cylindrical geometry, as this is its most
convenient experimental realization. In our previous work (Kunnen et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol …

Turbulent rotating convection confined in a slender cylinder: the sidewall circulation

XM de Wit, AJ Aguirre Guzmán, M Madonia… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Recent studies of rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection at high rotation rates and strong
thermal forcing have shown a significant discrepancy in total heat transport between …

The role of Stewartson and Ekman layers in turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

RPJ Kunnen, RJAM Stevens, J Overkamp… - Journal of fluid …, 2011 - cambridge.org
When the classical Rayleigh–Bénard (RB) system is rotated about its vertical axis roughly
three regimes can be identified. In regime I (weak rotation) the large-scale circulation (LSC) …

Heat transport and the large-scale circulation in rotating turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

JQ Zhong, G Ahlers - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2010 - cambridge.org
Measurements of the Nusselt number Nu and of properties of the large-scale circulation
(LSC) for turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection are presented in the presence of rotation …

Vortex plume distribution in confined turbulent rotating convection

RPJ Kunnen, Y Corre, HJH Clercx - Europhysics Letters, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Vortical columns are key features of rapidly rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.
In this work we probe the structure of the sidewall boundary layers experimentally and show …

Boundary zonal flow in rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

X Zhang, DPM Van Gils, S Horn, M Wedi, L Zwirner… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
For rapidly rotating turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a slender cylindrical cell,
experiments and direct numerical simulations reveal a boundary zonal flow (BZF) that …

The large-scale flow structure in turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

S Weiss, G Ahlers - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2011 - cambridge.org
We report on the influence of rotation about a vertical axis on the large-scale circulation
(LSC) of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a cylindrical vessel with aspect ratio …

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

RPJ Kunnen, BJ Geurts, HJH Clercx - Direct and large-eddy simulation VI, 2006 - Springer
The influence of rotation on turbulent convection is investigated with direct numerical
simulation. The classical Rayleigh-Bénard configuration is augmented with steady rotation …

Heat transport and flow structure in rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

RJAM Stevens, HJH Clercx, D Lohse - European Journal of Mechanics-B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Here we summarize the results from our direct numerical simulations (DNS) and
experimental measurements on rotating Rayleigh–Bénard (RB) convection. Our …

Boundary layers in rotating weakly turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

RJAM Stevens, HJH Clercx, D Lohse - Physics of fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of rotation on the boundary layers (BLs) in a Rayleigh–Bénard system at a
relatively low Rayleigh number, ie, Ra= 4× 10 7⁠, is studied for different Pr by direct …