Heat transport by coherent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

DOI10.1063/1.4919930MaRDI QIDQ3456923zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fabian Waleffe, Anakewit Boonkasame, Leslie Smith

Publication date 10 December 2015

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02292

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free convection (76R10)

Abstract: Steady but generally unstable solutions of the 2D Boussinesq equations are obtained for no-slip boundary conditions and Prandtl number 7. The primary solution that bifurcates from the conduction state at Rayleigh number $Raapprox1708$ has been calculated up to $Raapprox5.10^6$ and shows heat flux $Nusim0.143,R{a}^{0.28}$ with a delicate spiral structure in the temperature field. Another solution that maximizes $Nu$ over the horizontal wavenumber has been calculated up to $Ra=10^9$ and its heat flux scales as $Nusim0.115,R{a}^{0.31}$ for $10^7<Rale10^9$, quite similar to 3D turbulent data. The latter is a simple yet multi-scale coherent solution whose horizontal wavenumber scales as $0.133,R{a}^{0.217}$ in that range. That optimum solution is unstable to larger scale perturbations and in particular to mean shear flows, yet it appears to be relevant as a backbone for turbulent solutions, possibly setting the scale, strength and spacing of elemental plumes.

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