THERMAL-BOUNDARY-LAYER IN TURBULENT THERMAL-CONVECTION

被引:16
作者
CHILLA, F
CILIBERTO, S
INNOCENTI, C
机构
[1] IST NAZL OTTICA,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
[2] ECOLE NORMALE SUPER LYON,F-69364 LYON,FRANCE
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 22卷 / 09期
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D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/22/9/008
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report experimental evidence that the Shraiman and Siggia conjecture (Phys. Rev, A, 42 (1990) 3650) on temperature boundary layer shape, in turbulent thermal convection, is correct. Besides, we also show that the spatial distributions of temperature fluctuations present exponential tails, which is compatible with a logarithmic dependence on z of the temperature fluctuation amplitudes.
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页码:681 / 687
页数:7
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