Numerical and experimental investigation of structure-function scaling in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection
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Numerical and experimental investigation of structure-function scaling in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.
Direct numerical simulation and stereoscopic particle image velocimetry of turbulent convection are used to gather spatial data for the calculation of structure functions. We wish to add to the ongoing discussion in the literature whether temperature acts as an active or passive scalar in turbulent convection, with consequences for structure-function scaling. The simulation results show direct ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.016302