Lower Bounds to the Critical Rayleigh Number for Completely Confined Fluids Inside Arbitrary Configurations

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pnueli
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Confined Fluids

Lower Bounds to the Critical Rayleigh Number in Completely Confined Regions

1967 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sherman ◽  
S. Ostrach
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Body Force ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Convective Motion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Maximum Dimension ◽  
Fixed Temperature ◽  
Boussinesq Fluid ◽  
The Given

A method is presented for estimating lower bounds to the minimum Rayleigh number that will induce a state of convective motion in a quasi-incompressible (Boussinesq) fluid where the temperature gradient is in the direction of the body force. The fluid is completely confined by fixed-temperature, rigid bounding walls. For any arbitrary region, the critical Rayleigh number is greater than 1558(h/D)4 where h is the maximum dimension of the given region in the direction of the body force and D is the diameter of an equal volume sphere. In certain simple geometrical configurations, improved lower-bound estimates are calculated.

Lower Bounds to Thermal Instability Criteria of Completely Confined Fluids Inside Cylinders of Arbitrary Cross Section

1964 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pnueli
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Arbitrary Cross Section ◽  
The Body ◽  
Instability Criterion ◽  
Confined Fluids ◽  
Force Direction ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

A method is developed to compute the lower bounds for the thermal instability criterion (the critical Rayleigh number) for fluids completely confined inside cylinders of arbitrary cross section; i.e., Rayleigh numbers below which no spontaneous flow may occur in spite of the density gradient being opposite to the body force direction.

The Thermal Instability of Completely Confined Fluids Inside Some Particular Configurations

1963 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ostrach ◽  
D. Pnueli
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Body Force ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Instability Criterion ◽  
Confined Fluids ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

This paper deals with the thermal stability of completely confined fluids subject to a body force and a temperature gradient which are parallel and oriented in the same direction. It describes a method to obtain upper bounds to the instability criterion (the critical Rayleigh number) for piecewise cylindrical configurations, and demonstrates the use of this method treating some particular practical configurations. These upper bounds are shown to coincide with the critical Rayleigh number under some conditions. An account of experimental investigation of three of the particular configurations is presented and the experimental results compare favorably with the computed upper bounds.

Linear stability of rotating convection in an imposed shear flow

1997 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
pp. 271-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL MATTHEWS ◽  
STEPHEN COX
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Eigenvalue Problem ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Thermal Convection ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Rotation Vector ◽  
Linear Stability Theory ◽  
Fixed Temperature ◽  
Differential Motion

In many geophysical and astrophysical contexts, thermal convection is influenced by both rotation and an underlying shear flow. The linear theory for thermal convection is presented, with attention restricted to a layer of fluid rotating about a horizontal axis, and plane Couette flow driven by differential motion of the horizontal boundaries.The eigenvalue problem to determine the critical Rayleigh number is solved numerically assuming rigid, fixed-temperature boundaries. The preferred orientation of the convection rolls is found, for different orientations of the rotation vector with respect to the shear flow. For moderate rates of shear and rotation, the preferred roll orientation depends only on their ratio, the Rossby number.It is well known that rotation alone acts to favour rolls aligned with the rotation vector, and to suppress rolls of other orientations. Similarly, in a shear flow, rolls parallel to the shear flow are preferred. However, it is found that when the rotation vector and shear flow are parallel, the two effects lead counter-intuitively (as in other, analogous convection problems) to a preference for oblique rolls, and a critical Rayleigh number below that for Rayleigh–Bénard convection.When the boundaries are poorly conducting, the eigenvalue problem is solved analytically by means of an asymptotic expansion in the aspect ratio of the rolls. The behaviour of the stability problem is found to be qualitatively similar to that for fixed-temperature boundaries.Fully nonlinear numerical simulations of the convection are also carried out. These are generally consistent with the linear stability theory, showing convection in the form of rolls near the onset of motion, with the appropriate orientation. More complicated states are found further from critical.

Heat transport by parallel-roll convection in a rectangular container

1987 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 205-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Walden ◽  
Paul Kolodner ◽  
A. Passner ◽  
C. M. Surko
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Infinite Layer ◽  
Lateral Extent ◽  
Prandtl Numbers ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers ◽  
Good Agreement

Heat-transport measurements are reported for thermal convection in a rectangular box of aspect’ ratio 10 x 5. Results are presented for Rayleigh numbers up to 35Rc, Prandtl numbers between 2 and 20, and wavenumbers between 0.6 and 1.0kc, where Rc and kc are the critical Rayleigh number and wavenumber for the onset of convection in a layer of infinite lateral extent. The measurements are in good agreement with a phenomenological model which combines the calculations of Nusselt number, as a function of Rayleigh number and roll wavenumber for two-dimensional convection in an infinite layer, with a nonlinear amplitude-equation model developed to account for sidewell attenuation. The appearance of bimodal convection increases the heat transport above that expected for simple parallel-roll convection.

scholarly journals Nonlinear feedback in a six-dimensional Lorenz Model: impact of an additional heating term

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-512
Author(s):  
B.-W. Shen
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Solution Stability ◽  
Nonlinear Feedback ◽  
Lorenz Model ◽  
Additional Heating ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In this study, a six-dimensional Lorenz model (6DLM) is derived, based on a recent study using a five-dimensional (5-D) Lorenz model (LM), in order to examine the impact of an additional mode and its accompanying heating term on solution stability. The new mode added to improve the representation of the steamfunction is referred to as a secondary streamfunction mode, while the two additional modes, that appear in both the 6DLM and 5DLM but not in the original LM, are referred to as secondary temperature modes. Two energy conservation relationships of the 6DLM are first derived in the dissipationless limit. The impact of three additional modes on solution stability is examined by comparing numerical solutions and ensemble Lyapunov exponents of the 6DLM and 5DLM as well as the original LM. For the onset of chaos, the critical value of the normalized Rayleigh number (rc) is determined to be 41.1. The critical value is larger than that in the 3DLM (rc ~ 24.74), but slightly smaller than the one in the 5DLM (rc ~ 42.9). A stability analysis and numerical experiments obtained using generalized LMs, with or without simplifications, suggest the following: (1) negative nonlinear feedback in association with the secondary temperature modes, as first identified using the 5DLM, plays a dominant role in providing feedback for improving the solution's stability of the 6DLM, (2) the additional heating term in association with the secondary streamfunction mode may destabilize the solution, and (3) overall feedback due to the secondary streamfunction mode is much smaller than the feedback due to the secondary temperature modes; therefore, the critical Rayleigh number of the 6DLM is comparable to that of the 5DLM. The 5DLM and 6DLM collectively suggest different roles for small-scale processes (i.e., stabilization vs. destabilization), consistent with the following statement by Lorenz (1972): If the flap of a butterfly's wings can be instrumental in generating a tornado, it can equally well be instrumental in preventing a tornado. The implications of this and previous work, as well as future work, are also discussed.

Observed flow patterns at the initiation of convection in a horizontal liquid layer heated from below

1970 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. C. Somerscales ◽  
T. S. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Test Chamber ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Large Temperature ◽  
Small Temperature ◽  
Initial Flow ◽  
High Prandtl Number ◽  
Rigid Surfaces

An experimental investigation has been made of the flow patterns at the initiation of convection in a layer of a high Prandtl number liquid confined between rigid, horizontal surfaces and heated from below. The experiment was designed to overcome the limitations of earlier experiments and to correspond closely to the conditions of the theory. In particular, the upper and lower rigid surfaces which enclosed the layer were made of copper which has a high thermal conductivity. To aid in the analysis of the experimental results some supplementary observations of the flow patterns were made using a glass upper plate. For small fluid depths and large temperature differences between the upper and lower surface the initial flow was in the form of hexagonal cells as predicted theoretically. With increasing Rayleigh number the cellular flow appeared to transform into rolls as predicted. For large fluid depths and small temperature differences only circular plan-form rolls were observed. This is in agreement with the results of other experimenters. It is tentatively proposed that this non-appearance of an initial cellular flow is due to the shape of the test chamber having a dominating influence on the flow pattern when the temperature gradient in the fluid is small. Measurements were also made of the development time for the flow patterns and the critical Rayleigh number.

Stability of Heat Pipes in Vapor-Dominated Systems

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pouya Amili ◽  
Yanis C. Yortsos
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Stability Limit ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Nuclear Waste Repository ◽  
Geothermal Systems ◽  
Dimensionless Numbers ◽  
The Stability

Abstract We study the linear stability of a two-phase heat pipe zone (vapor-liquid counterflow) in a porous medium, overlying a superheated vapor zone. The competing effects of gravity, condensation and heat transfer on the stability of a planar base state are analyzed in the linear stability limit. The rate of growth of unstable disturbances is expressed in terms of the wave number of the disturbance, and dimensionless numbers, such as the Rayleigh number, a dimensionless heat flux and other parameters. A critical Rayleigh number is identified and shown to be different than in natural convection under single phase conditions. The results find applications to geothermal systems, to enhanced oil recovery using steam injection, as well as to the conditions of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. This study complements recent work of the stability of boiling by Ramesh and Torrance (1993).

The Influence of Real Gas Radiation On the Stability and Development of Benard Convection in a Two-Dimensional Layer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent W. Webb ◽  
Vladimir Solovjov
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Radiative Heating ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Layer Depth ◽  
Real Gas ◽  
Gas Radiation ◽  
Induced Flow ◽  
Buoyancy Induced Flow

Abstract The influence of real gas radiation on the thermal and hydrodynamic stability is investigated in a two-dimensional layer of radiatively participating H2O and/or CO2 heated from below. The non-gray radiation effects of the two species are treated rigorously using a global spectral approach, the Spectral Line Weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model. The phenomena are explored by solving the full coupled laminar equations of motion, energy, and radiative transfer from the low-Rayleigh number, pure conduction-radiation regime through the onset of buoyancy-induced flow to the developed Bénard convection regime. The evolution of the thermal, velocity, and radiative heating fields is studied, and the critical Rayleigh number is characterized as a function of species mole fraction, average layer gas temperature, layer depth, wall emissivity, and the total gas pressure. It is found that participating radiation in the medium has the effect of stabilizing the layer, delaying transition to buoyancy-induced flow. The development of buoyancy-induced flow and temperature, along with the radiative heating are presented. It is found that the critical Rayleigh number in the radiatively participating gas layer can be more than an order of magnitude higher than the classical convection-only scenario. The onset of instability is found to depend on the species mole fractions, average gas temperature in the layer, wall emissivity, layer depth, and total pressure. Generally, all other variables being the same, H2O has a greater stabilizing influence on the layer than CO2.

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