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Heat Transport in Low-Rossby-Number Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

2012· article· en· 165 citations· W2332678833 on OpenAlex· 10.1103/physrevlett.109.254503

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Abstract

We demonstrate, via simulations of asymptotically reduced equations describing rotationally constrained Rayleigh-B\'enard convection, that the efficiency of turbulent motion in the fluid bulk limits overall heat transport and determines the scaling of the nondimensional Nusselt number $\mathrm{Nu}$ with the Rayleigh number $\mathrm{Ra}$, the Ekman number $E$, and the Prandtl number $\ensuremath{\sigma}$. For $E\ensuremath{\ll}1$ inviscid scaling theory predicts and simulations confirm the large $\mathrm{Ra}$ scaling law $\mathrm{Nu}\ensuremath{-}1\ensuremath{\approx}{C}_{1}{\ensuremath{\sigma}}^{\ensuremath{-}1/2}\mathrm{R}{\mathrm{a}}^{3/2}{E}^{2}$, where ${C}_{1}$ is a constant, estimated as ${C}_{1}\ensuremath{\approx}0.04\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.0025$. In contrast, the corresponding result for nonrotating convection, $\mathrm{Nu}\ensuremath{-}1\ensuremath{\approx}{C}_{2}\mathrm{R}{\mathrm{a}}^{\ensuremath{\alpha}}$, is determined by the efficiency of the thermal boundary layers (laminar: $0.28\ensuremath{\lesssim}\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\lesssim}0.31$, turbulent: $\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\sim}0.38$). The $3/2$ scaling law breaks down at Rayleigh numbers at which the thermal boundary layer loses rotational constraint, i.e., when the local Rossby number $\ensuremath{\approx}1$. The breakdown takes place while the bulk Rossby number is still small and results in a gradual transition to the nonrotating scaling law. For low Ekman numbers the location of this transition is independent of the mechanical boundary conditions.

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The record

Venue
Physical Review Letters
Topic
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Field
Engineering
Canadian institutions
Canadian Institute for Theoretical AstrophysicsUniversity of Toronto
Funders
National Science Foundation
Keywords
PhysicsPrandtl numberRossby numberNusselt numberRayleigh numberEkman numberTurbulenceScalingLaminar flowConvectionBoundary layerThermodynamicsMechanicsClassical mechanicsNatural convectionReynolds numberGeometryMathematics
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