Abstract
Low-temperature techniques were applied to the study of a hydrodynamic instability. High-precision results for the Nusselt number $N$ as a function of the Rayleigh number $R$ for liquid and gaseous helium revealed no singularities in $N(R)$, except at the convective threshold ${R}_{c}$. For $R>2.19{R}_{c}$, a new turbulent state was found and characterized by measuring the frequency spectrum and the amplitude of $N(R)$.
Keywords
InstabilityTurbulencePhysicsNusselt numberConvective instabilityAmplitudeThermodynamicsConvectionHeliumAtomic physicsMechanicsReynolds numberOptics
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Guenter Ahlers
(1974).
Low-Temperature Studies of the Rayieigh-Bénard Instability and Turbulence.
Physical Review Letters
, 33
(20)
, 1185-1188.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.1185
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- 10.1103/physrevlett.33.1185