Turbulent thermal convection in a rotating stratified fluid

MA Levy, HJS Fernando - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2002 - cambridge.org
Turbulent convection induced by heating the bottom boundary of a horizontally
homogeneous, linearly (temperature) stratified, rotating fluid layer is studied using a series …

Penetrative turbulent convection into a rotating two-layer fluid

S Narimousa - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1996 - cambridge.org
Turbulent convection into stratified two-layer fluid systems in the presence of rotation has
been investigated in a cylindrical laboratory tank. For a wide range of conditions the vertical …

Turbulent thermal convection in rotating and stratified fluids

HJS Fernando, DL Boyer, RR Chen - Dynamics of atmospheres and …, 1989 - Elsevier
During the past two decades, numerous laboratory experiments have been performed to
understand the influence of rotation and stratification on turbulence induced by thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Unsteady, turbulent convection into a rotating, linearly stratified fluid: Modeling deep ocean convection

MJ Coates, GN Ivey, JR Taylor - Journal of physical …, 1995 - journals.ametsoc.org
A laboratory experiment has been constructed to Model the deep convective processes in a
stratified ocean driven by the energetic cooling at the ocean surface. For convenience in the …

Investigation of turbulent convection under a rotational constraint

SK Chan - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1974 - cambridge.org
Turbulent convection for a rotating layer of fluid heated from below is studied in this paper.
The boundaries of the fluid layer are taken to be free. The underlying principle, used is the …

Symmetrical disturbances in a thin layer of fluid subject to a horizontal temperature gradient and rotation

HL Kuo - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 1954 - journals.ametsoc.org
The symmetrical thermal convection of a rotating fluid subject to a horizontal temperature
difference is examined. It is shown that the effect of rotation is to inhibit the convection. The …

Transition from laminar convection to thermal turbulence in a rotating fluid layer

G Küppers, D Lortz - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1969 - cambridge.org
The convective flow in an infinite horizontal fluid layer rotating rigidly about a normal axis is
investigated for the special case of infinite Prandtl number and free boundary conditions. For …

Convectively driven mixed layer growth in a rotating, stratified fluid

GN Ivey, JR Taylor, MJ Coates - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 1995 - Elsevier
A laboratory experiment has been conducted to examine deep convective processes in a
stratified ocean. For convenience, cooling at the ocean surface is modelled in the laboratory …

On the thermal offset in turbulent rotating convection

JE Hart, DR Ohlsen - Physics of Fluids, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
A simple mechanistic model to explain the thermal offset observed in highly turbulent
rotating convection experiments is presented. The experiments indicate that for sufficiently …

Effects of rotation on convective turbulence

HJS Fernando, RR Chen, DL Boyer - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1991 - cambridge.org
Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of rotation on turbulent
convection. The experimental facility was a bottom-heated, water-filled, cubical tank …