We explore the mechanisms of heat transfer in a turbulent constant heat flux-driven Rayleigh–Bénard convection flow, which exhibits a hierarchy of flow structures from granules to supergranules. Our computational framework makes use of time-dependent flow networks. These are based on trajectories of…
We analyze large‐scale patterns in three‐dimensional turbulent convection in a horizontally extended square convection cell by means of Lagrangian particle trajectories calculated in direct numerical simulations. Different Lagrangian computational methods, i.e. finite‐time Lyapunov exponents, spectral…