Spatial forcing in Thermal Convection Experiments

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Abstract

We present experimental results on topological and optical forcing of large aspect ratio Rayleigh-Benard and inclined layer convection of a fluid with Prandtl number 1. For three different forcing patterns (homogeneous internal heating, striped and hexagonal) the observed flow patterns are presented and compared to theory where available.

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Authors

  • Stephan Weiss

    MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • Gabriel Seiden

    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • Eberhard Bodenschatz

    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization