Multiple states in turbulent large-aspect-ratio thermal convection: what determines the number of convection rolls?

Q Wang, R Verzicco, D Lohse, O Shishkina - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Wall-bounded turbulent flows can take different statistically stationary turbulent states, with
different transport properties, even for the very same values of the control parameters. What …

Multiple states and heat transfer in two-dimensional tilted convection with large aspect ratios

Q Wang, ZH Wan, R Yan, DJ Sun - Physical Review Fluids, 2018 - APS
The coexistence of multiple turbulent states was reported in several recent studies in
different flows. We present in this work that multiple turbulent states also exist for thermal …

Asymmetric secondary flows above geometrically symmetric surface roughness

W Zhang, XIA Yang, X Zhu, M Wan… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The mean flow behaviour of a turbulent boundary layer over rough walls is expected to
exhibit symmetries that govern the flow dynamics. In particular, when roughness elements …

Flow regimes in a very wide-gap Taylor–Couette flow with counter-rotating cylinders

S Merbold, MH Hamede… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this study, we discuss the observed flow regimes in Taylor–Couette flow of radius ratio η=
0.1 for various Reynolds numbers up to 1.5× 10 4. We investigate the flow using a …

Multiple states in turbulent plane Couette flow with spanwise rotation

Z Xia, Y Shi, Q Cai, M Wan, S Chen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
Turbulence is ubiquitous in nature and engineering applications. Although Kolmogorov's
(CR Acad. Sci. URSS, vol. 30, 1941a, pp. 301–305; Dokl. Akad. Nauk URSS, vol. 30, 1941b …

Hysteretic transitions between quasi-two-dimensional flow and three-dimensional flow in forced rotating turbulence

N Yokoyama, M Takaoka - Physical Review Fluids, 2017 - APS
Conflict between formation of a cyclonic vortex and isotropization in forced homogeneous
rotating turbulence is numerically investigated. It is well known that a large rotation rate of …

Catastrophic phase inversion in high-Reynolds-number turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

D Bakhuis, R Ezeta, PA Bullee, A Marin, D Lohse… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Emulsions are omnipresent in the food industry, health care, and chemical synthesis. In this
Letter the dynamics of metastable oil-water emulsions in highly turbulent (10 11≤ Ta≤ 3× …

Bistability and hysteresis of axisymmetric thermal convection between differentially rotating spheres

PM Mannix, AJ Mestel - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Heating a quiescent fluid from below gives rise to cellular convective motion as the
temperature gradient becomes sufficiently steep. Typically, this transition increases heat …

Angular momentum transport and flow organization in Taylor-Couette flow at radius ratio of

A Froitzheim, S Merbold, R Ostilla-Mónico, C Egbers - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
We experimentally and numerically investigate the angular momentum transport in turbulent
Taylor-Couette flow for independently rotating cylinders at a small radius ratio of η= 0.357 for …

Taylor–Couette turbulence at radius ratio: scaling, flow structures and plumes

RCA van der Veen, SG Huisman, S Merbold… - Journal of fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Using high-resolution particle image velocimetry, we measure velocity profiles, the wind
Reynolds number and characteristics of turbulent plumes in Taylor–Couette flow for a radius …