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Linear stability analysis of cylindrical Rayleigh–Bénard convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2012

Bo-Fu Wang ,
Dong-Jun Ma ,
Cheng Chen  and
De-Jun Sun
Bo-Fu Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
Dong-Jun Ma
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Cheng Chen
Affiliation:
Low Speed Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang, Sichuan 622762, China
De-Jun Sun*
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The instabilities and transitions of flow in a vertical cylindrical cavity with heated bottom, cooled top and insulated sidewall are investigated by linear stability analysis. The stability boundaries for the axisymmetric flow are derived for Prandtl numbers from 0.02 to 1, for aspect ratio () equal to 1, 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, respectively. We found that there still exists stable non-trivial axisymmetric flow beyond the second bifurcation in certain ranges of Prandtl number for , and 0.8, excluding the case. The finding for is that very frequent changes of critical mode (azimuthal Fourier mode) of the second bifurcation occur when the Prandtl number is changed, where five kinds of steady modes and three kinds of oscillatory modes are presented. These multiple modes indicate different flow structures triggered at the transitions. The instability mechanism of the flow is explained by kinetic energy transfer analysis, which shows that the radial or axial shear of base flow combined with buoyancy mechanism leads to the instability results.

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Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Bifurcation Convection: Buoyancy-driven instability Convection: Convection in cavities
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 711 , 25 November 2012 , pp. 27 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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