Physics – Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
2009-09-09
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
5 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
We report measurements of the instantaneous viscous boundary layer (BL) thickness $\delta_v(t)$ in turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection. It is found that $\delta_v(t)$ obtained from the measured instantaneous two-dimensional velocity field exhibits intermittent fluctuations. For small values, $\delta_v(t)$ obeys a lognormal distribution, whereas for large values the distribution of $\delta_v(t)$ exhibits an exponential tail. The variation of $\delta_v(t)$ with time is found to be driven by the fluctuations of the large-scale mean flow velocity and the local horizontal velocities close to the plate can be used as an instant measure of this variation. It is further found that in the present parameter range of the experiment the mean velocity profile measured in the laboratory frame can be brought into coincidence with the theoretical Prandtl-Blasius laminar BL profile, if it is resampled relative to the time-dependent frame of $\delta_v(t)$.
Xia Ke-Qing
Zhou Quan
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