The large-scale flow structure in turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.392zbMath1241.76272OpenAlexW2097705355MaRDI QIDQ2893771

Stephan Weiss, Guenter Ahlers

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.392

zbMATH Keywords

convectionBénard convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Convective turbulence (76F35)

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