Hysteresis phenomenon in turbulent convection

Details Hysteresis phenomenon in turbulent convection Hysteresis phenomenon in turbulent convection

2006-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602176v1

Experiments in Fluids, 2006, v. 40, 723-732

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

10 pages, 9 figures, REVTEX4, Experiments in Fluids, 2006, in press

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00348-006-0109-x

Coherent large-scale circulations of turbulent thermal convection in air have been studied experimentally in a rectangular box heated from below and cooled from above using Particle Image Velocimetry. The hysteresis phenomenon in turbulent convection was found by varying the temperature difference between the bottom and the top walls of the chamber (the Rayleigh number was changed within the range of $10^7 - 10^8$). The hysteresis loop comprises the one-cell and two-cells flow patterns while the aspect ratio is kept constant ($A=2 - 2.23$). We found that the change of the sign of the degree of the anisotropy of turbulence was accompanied by the change of the flow pattern. The developed theory of coherent structures in turbulent convection (Elperin et al. 2002; 2005) is in agreement with the experimental observations. The observed coherent structures are superimposed on a small-scale turbulent convection. The redistribution of the turbulent heat flux plays a crucial role in the formation of coherent large-scale circulations in turbulent convection.

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