Large-scale circulation model for turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection

作者:Brown Eric*; Ahlers Guenter
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2007, 98(13): 134501.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.134501

摘要

A model for the large-scale-circulation (LSC) of turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection in cylindrical samples is presented. It consists of two physically motivated stochastic ordinary differential equations, one each for the strength and the azimuthal orientation of the LSC. Stochastic forces represent phenomenologically the influence of turbulent fluctuations. Consistent with measurements, the model yields an azimuthally meandering LSC with occasional rotations, and with more rare cessations. As in experiment, cessations have a uniform distribution of LSC orientation changes.

  • 出版日期2007-3-30