From laminar plumes to organized flows: the onset of large-scale circulation in turbulent thermal convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112004008079zbMath1116.76367OpenAlexW2167715473MaRDI QIDQ4656512

Siu Lam, Heng-Dong Xi, Ke-Qing Xia

Publication date: 11 March 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004008079

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convective turbulence (76F35)

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