Nusselt number and Reynolds number measurements in high-Prandtl-number turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection over rough plates.

• Other Authors: Chan, Tak Shing.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Rayleigh-Bénard convection; Nusselt number > Measurement; Reynolds number > Measurement; Turbulence
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896833; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-326546

Chan, Tak Shing = 粗糙表面的熱湍流對流的Nusselt數和雷諾數的測量 / 陳德城. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chan, Tak Shing = Cu cao biao mian de re tuan liu dui liu de Nusselt shu he Leinuo shu de ce liang / Chen Decheng. === Table of Contents --- p.v === List of Figures --- p.xi === List of Tables --- p.xii === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- What is turbulence ? --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Rayleigh Benard convection system --- p.3 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- Oberbeck-Boussinesq approximation and equations of Rayleigh- Benard system --- p.5 === Chapter 1.2.2 --- Some coherent structures of Rayleigh-Benard convection system --- p.7 === Chapter 1.3 --- Motivation --- p.8 === Chapter 2 --- Experimental methods and setups --- p.12 === Chapter 2.1 --- Convection cell --- p.12 === Chapter 2.2 --- Temperature measurement --- p.15 === Chapter 2.3 --- Experimental techniques --- p.16 === Chapter 2.3.1 --- Heat leakage prevention --- p.16 === Chapter 2.3.2 --- Water absorption of Dipropylene Glycol --- p.21 === Chapter 2.3.3 --- Particle Image Velocimetry --- p.22 === Chapter 3 --- Heat flux measurement --- p.25 === Chapter 3.1 --- Water Results --- p.26 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Experimental procedures --- p.26 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Heat leakage/ heat absorption estimation --- p.27 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- Results and discussions --- p.29 === Chapter 3.2 --- Dipropylene Glycol Results --- p.32 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- Experimental procedures --- p.32 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Heat leakage/ heat absorption estimation --- p.33 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Result and discussions --- p.34 === Chapter 3.3 --- More discussion --- p.41 === Chapter 4 --- Large scale circulation and Reynolds number measurement --- p.44 === Chapter 4.1 --- Flow pattern of turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection over rough plates --- p.46 === Chapter 4.2 --- Reynolds number measurement --- p.48 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- Reynolds number determined from oscillation of temper- ature signals --- p.48 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Reynolds number determined from velocity measurement near sidewall --- p.55 === Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.61 === Chapter 5.1 --- Conclusion --- p.61 === Bibliography --- p.63