EXPONENTIAL TAILS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION

被引:79
作者
MASSAIOLI, F [1 ]
BENZI, R [1 ]
SUCCI, S [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,EUROPEAN CTR SCI & ENGN COMP,I-00144 ROME,ITALY
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 21卷 / 03期
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10.1209/0295-5075/21/3/009
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
In this letter we investigate the probability density function (PdF) of the temperature field by numerical simulations of Rayleigh-Benard convection in two spatial dimensions. The PdF of the temperature shows exponential tails, consistently with previous laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. A new theoretical explanation for the exponential tail of the PdF is offered.
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页码:305 / 310
页数:6
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