Experimental and numerical investigation of turbulent convection in a rotating cylinder

Kunnen, R.P.J. and Geurts, B.J. and Clercx, H.J.H. (2010) Experimental and numerical investigation of turbulent convection in a rotating cylinder. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 642 . pp. 445-476. ISSN 0022-1120

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Abstract:	The effects of an axial rotation on the turbulent convective flow because of an adverse temperature gradient in a water-filled upright cylindrical vessel are investigated. Both direct numerical simulations and experiments applying stereoscopic particle image velocimetry are performed. The focus is on the gathering of turbulence statistics that describe the effects of rotation on turbulent Rayleigh–Be ́nard convection. Rotation is an important addition, which is relevant in many geophysical and astrophysical flow phenomena.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2010 Cambridge University Press
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Mathematics of Computational Science (MaCS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/75589
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002211200999190X
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