Two-scalar turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection: numerical simulations and unifying theory
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DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.378zbMATH Open1404.76118arXiv1712.05519OpenAlexW2963723369WikidataQ56990129 ScholiaQ56990129MaRDI QIDQ4582945FDOQ4582945
Authors: Yantao Yang, R. Verzicco, Detlef Lohse 
Publication date: 27 August 2018
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We conduct direct numerical simulations for turbulent Rayleigh-B'{e}nard (RB) convection, driven simultaneously by two scalar components (say, temperature and salt concentration) with different molecular diffusivities, and measure the respective fluxes and the Reynolds number. To account for the results, we generalize the Grossmann-Lohse theory for traditional RB convections~(Grossmann and Lohse, J. Fluid Mech., 407, 27-56; Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 3316-3319; Stevens et al., J. Fluid Mech., 730, 295-308) to this two-scalar turbulent convection. Our numerical results suggest that the generalized theory can successfully predict the overall trends for the fluxes of two scalars and the Reynolds number. In fact, for most of the parameters explored here, the theory can even predict the absolute values of the fluxes and the Reynolds number with good accuracy. The current study extends the generality of the Grossmann-Lohse theory in the area of the buoyancy-driven convection flows.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05519
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