Natural convection in an air-filled cavity: Experimental results at large Rayleigh numbers

Didier Saury (1, 2, 3, 4) , Nicolas Rouger (1, 2, 3, 4) , Francis Djanna (1, 2, 3, 4) , François Penot (1, 2, 3, 4)

1 PPrime [Poitiers] - Institut Pprime [UPR 3346]
2 Département FTC - Département Fluides, Thermique et Combustion [Institut Pprime]
3 COST - Convection, Optimisation, Systèmes Thermiques [Institut Pprime]
4 ISAE-ENSMA - École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique [Poitiers]

Mots clés: buoyancy driven flows; experimental characterization; turbulent natural convection

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]

Didier Saury, Nicolas Rouger, Francis Djanna, François Penot. Natural convection in an air-filled cavity: Experimental results at large Rayleigh numbers. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2011, 38, pp.679-687. ⟨10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.03.019⟩. ⟨hal-03037224⟩