High Rayleigh number turbulent convection in a gas near the gas-liquid critical point

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Ashkenazi, S [1 ]
Steinberg, V [1 ]
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[1] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Phys Complex Syst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3641
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O4 [物理学];
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SF6 in the vicinity of its critical point was used to study turbulent convection up to exceptionally high Rayleigh numbers, Ra (up to 5 x 10(14)) and to verify for the first time the generalized scaling laws for the heat transport and the large scale circulation velocity as a function of Ra and the Prandtl number, Pr, in a very wide range of these parameters. Both scaling laws obtained are consistent with theoretical predictions by Shraiman and Siggia [Phys. Rev. A 42, 3650 (1900)].
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