On the Heat Transfer in Rayleigh-Benard systems
chao-dyn
2009-10-31 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
In this paper we discuss some theoretical aspects concerning the scaling laws of the Nusselt number versus the Rayleigh number in a Rayleigh-Benard cell. We present a new set of numerical simulations and compare our findings against the predictions of existing models. We then propose a new theory which relies on the hypothesis of Bolgiano scaling. Our approach generalizes the one proposed by Kadanoff, Libchaber and coworkers and solves some of the inconsistencies raised in the recent literature.
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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9808020,
title = {On the Heat Transfer in Rayleigh-Benard systems},
author = {R. Benzi and F. Toschi and R. Tripiccione},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9808020},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures