Tristable flow states and reversal of the large-scale circulation in two-dimensional circular convection cells

DOI10.1017/JFM.2020.964zbMATH Open1461.76249arXiv2010.00188OpenAlexW3090322379MaRDI QIDQ5145491FDOQ5145491

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Publication date: 20 January 2021

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

Abstract: We present a numerical study of the flow states and reversals of the large-scale circulation (LSC) in a two-dimensional circular Rayleigh-B'enard cell. Long-time direct numerical simulations are carried out in the Rayleigh number ($Ra$) range $10^{7}leRale10^8$ and Prandtl number ($Pr$) range $2.0lePrle20.0$. We found that a new, long-lived, chaotic flow state exists, in addition to the commonly observed circulation states (the LSC in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions). The circulation states consist of one primary roll in the middle and two secondary rolls near the top and bottom circular walls. The primary roll becomes stronger and larger, while the two secondary rolls diminish, with increasing $Ra$. Our results suggest that the reversal of the LSC is accompanied by the secondary rolls growing, breaking the primary roll and then connecting to form a new primary roll with reversed direction. We mapped out the phase diagram of the existence of the LSC and the reversal in the $Ra$-$Pr$ space, which reveals that the flow is in the circulation states when $Ra$ is large and $Pr$ is small. The reversal of the LSC can only occur in a limited $Pr$ range. The phase diagram can be understood in terms of competition between the thermal and viscous diffusions. We also found that the internal flow states manifested themselves into global properties such as Nusselt and Reynolds numbers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00188

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent convectionplumes/thermalsBénard convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convective turbulence (76F35)

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