Simultaneous temperature and velocity Lagrangian measurements in turbulent thermal convection

We report joint Lagrangian velocity and temperature measurements in turbulent thermal convection. Measurements are performed using an improved version (extended autonomy) of the neutrally-buoyant instrumented particle that was used by to performed experiments in a parallelepipedic Rayleigh-Benard ce...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2015-08
Main Authors: Liot, O, Seychelles, F, Zonta, F, Chibbaro, S, Coudarchet, T, Gasteuil, Y, J -F Pinton, Salort, J, Chillà, F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autonomy
Benard cells
Computer simulation
Free convection
Frequency spectrum
Heat flux
Heat transfer
Reliability analysis
Tracers
Velocity
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Summary:We report joint Lagrangian velocity and temperature measurements in turbulent thermal convection. Measurements are performed using an improved version (extended autonomy) of the neutrally-buoyant instrumented particle that was used by to performed experiments in a parallelepipedic Rayleigh-Benard cell. The temperature signal is obtained from a RFtransmitter. Simultaneously, we determine particle's position and velocity with one camera, which grants access to the Lagrangian heat flux. Due to the extended autonomy of the present particle, we obtain well converged temperature and velocity statistics, as well as pseudo-eulerian maps of velocity and heat flux. Present experimental results have also been compared with the results obtained by a corresponding campaign of Direct Numerical Simulations and Lagrangian Tracking of massless tracers. The comparison between experimental and numerical results show the accuracy and reliability of our experimental measurements. Finally, the analysis of lagrangian velocity and temperature frequency spectra is shown and discussed. In particular, we observe that temperature spectra exhibit an anomalous f^2.5 frequency scaling, likely representing the ubiquitous passive and active scalar behavior of temperature
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1508.06219