We study the dynamics of thermal and momentum boundary regions in three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of Rayleigh–Bénard convection for the Rayleigh-number range 10^5 ≤ Ra ≤ 10^11 and Pr = 0.7. Using a Cartesian slab with horizontal periodic boundary conditions and an aspect ratio of 4, we…
Thermische Konvektion ist der essentielle Mechanismus durch welchen Wärme in vielen natürlichen Strömungen übertragen wird und weist zugleich oftmals eine Hierarchie von verschiedenen Strömungsstrukturen auf. Jedes Umfeld kann dabei über seine eigenen charakteristischen Randbedingungen verfügen, wobei…
Inverse cascades of kinetic energy and thermal variance in the subset of vertically homogeneous modes in spectral space are found to cause a slow aggregation to a pair of convective supergranules that eventually fill the whole horizontally extended, three-dimensional, turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection…
Turbulent convection processes in nature are often found to be organized in a hierarchy of plume structures and flow patterns. The gradual aggregation of convection cells or granules to a supergranule which eventually fills the whole horizontal layer is reported and analyzed in spectral element direct…
Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection displays a large-scale order in the form of rolls and cells on lengths larger than the layer height once the fluctuations of temperature and velocity are removed. These turbulent superstructures are reminiscent of the patterns close to the onset of convection. Here…
We present high-resolution direct numerical simulation studies of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a closed cylindrical cell with an aspect ratio of one. The focus of our analysis is on the finest scales of convective turbulence, in particular the statistics of the kinetic energy and thermal dissipation…