Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Using long-time direct numerical simulations, we analyze reversals of the large scale zonal flow in two-dimensional Rayleigh-B\'enard convection with a rectangular geometry. These reversals appear and disappear as bifurcations on a turbulent background flow.
Source: Physical Review Fluids
Authors: P. Winchester, V. Dallas, P. D. Howell
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Mechanics
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Oxford
OpenAlex ID: W3095323762