Abstract
The fundamental understanding of the transition from laminar to turbulent convection is far from being conclusive. While major efforts are under way, there is still a significant challenge in front of the scientist and engineer to uncover the complex behavior linked to this transition. In isothermal shear flows the time dependent and three dimensional form of turbulence is well established experimentally and numerically. It is caused by the non-linear terms in the isothermal Navier-Stokes equations. Weak turbulence is linked to the problem of natural convection where an additional non-linear interaction appears as a result of the coupling between the equations governing the fluid flow and the energy equation. The latter can typically cause a transition to a non-steady and non-periodic regime (referred to as weak turbulent) at much lower values of the parameter controlling the flow, when compared to the corresponding isothermal system.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 249-256 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD |
| Volume | 369 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Event | 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - New York, NY, United States Duration: Nov 11 2001 → Nov 16 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes