TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION IN WIDE HORIZONTAL FLUID LAYERS.

Ronald Adrian, Rogerio T D S Ferreira, Thomas Boberg

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Abstract

Turbulence in thermal convection is investigated for flows in which the production of turbulence energy is due solely to buoyancy, and the statistics of the flow are homogeneous in horizontal planes. New experimental results for high Rayleigh number unsteady turbulent convection in a horizontal layer heated from below and insulated from above are presented and compared to turbulent Rayleigh convection, convection in the planetary boundary layer, and laboratory penetrative convection. Mean temperature fields are correlated in terms of wall layer scales and convection scales. Joint statistics of turbulent temperature and horizontal velocity and vertical velocity through fourth order are presented for the core region of the convection layer. Refs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationUnknown Host Publication Title
Place of PublicationRolla, MO, USA
PublisherUniv of Missouri-Rolla
StatePublished - 1984
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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