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Completing the mechanical energy pathways in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Date

Authors

Gayen, Bishakhdatta

Hughes, Graham

Griffiths, Ross

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

A new, more complete view of the mechanical energy budget for Rayleigh-Bénard convection is developed and examined using three-dimensional numerical simulations at large Rayleigh numbers and Prandtl number of 1. The driving role of available potential en

Keywords

Keywords: Buoyancy fluxes; Large-scale flows; Mechanical energies; Mixing efficiency; Shear instability; Small scale turbulence; Three-dimensional numerical simulations; Turbulent motion; Kinetic energy; Kinetics; Mixing; Shear flow; Potential energy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74907

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physical Review Letters

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.124301

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