European Turbulence Conference 2015

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16:00
15 mins

Double diffusive convection between two parallel plates with different boundary conditions
Yantao Yang, Erwin P. van der Poel, Rodolfo Ostilla-Monico, Chao Sun, Roberto Verzicco, Siegfried Grossmann, Detlef Lohse

Session: Geophysical and astrophysical turbulence 2
Session starts: Thursday 27 August, 15:00
Presentation starts: 16:00
Room: Room C

Yantao Yang ()
Erwin P. van der Poel ()
Rodolfo Ostilla-Monico ()
Chao Sun ()
Roberto Verzicco ()
Siegfried Grossmann ()
Detlef Lohse ()

Abstract:
We investigate the double diffusive convection between two parallel plates with either no-slip or free-slip boundary conditions. Direct numerical simulations have been conducted systematically for a series of control parameters. Salt fingers can be observed for both boundary conditions and all parameters explored. Compared to the no-slip case, salt fingers are stronger in the free-slip case, which is accompanied by larger salinity flux and flow velocity. For both boundary conditions, thin boundary regions develop adjacent to two plates. The salinity flux and the Reynolds number show similar dependences on the control parameter, namely, the Rayleigh number of the salinity field.