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Auteurs principaux: Ng, Ho Yin, Ching, Emily S. C.
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Publié: 2025
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author Ng, Ho Yin
Ching, Emily S. C.
author_facet Ng, Ho Yin
Ching, Emily S. C.
contents In this paper, we propose a space-dependent eddy thermal diffusivity model for turbulent vertical natural convection in a fluid between two infinite vertical walls at different temperatures. Using this model, we derive analytical results for the mean temperature profile. Our results reveal that mean temperature profiles for different Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers are described by two universal scaling functions in the inner region next to the walls and the outer region near the centerline between the two walls and the characteristic temperature scales in the inner and outer regions are expressed in terms of the two parameters of the model which determine the characteristic velocities for heat transfer in the two regions. We show that these results are in good agreement with direct numerical simulation data.
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spellingShingle Eddy thermal diffusivity model and mean temperature profiles in turbulent vertical convection
Ng, Ho Yin
Ching, Emily S. C.
Fluid Dynamics
In this paper, we propose a space-dependent eddy thermal diffusivity model for turbulent vertical natural convection in a fluid between two infinite vertical walls at different temperatures. Using this model, we derive analytical results for the mean temperature profile. Our results reveal that mean temperature profiles for different Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers are described by two universal scaling functions in the inner region next to the walls and the outer region near the centerline between the two walls and the characteristic temperature scales in the inner and outer regions are expressed in terms of the two parameters of the model which determine the characteristic velocities for heat transfer in the two regions. We show that these results are in good agreement with direct numerical simulation data.
title Eddy thermal diffusivity model and mean temperature profiles in turbulent vertical convection
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18220