Direct numerical simulations towards ultimate turbulence

Project Information

UltimateRB

Grant agreement ID: 804283

DOI 10.3030/804283

Project closed

EC signature date 28 September 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 499 375,00

EU contribution € 1 499 375,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
Netherlands

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

How small-scale flow structures affect the heat transport in sheared thermal convection

Author(s): Guru Sreevanshu Yerragolam, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse, and Richard J.A.M. Stevens
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 944, 2022, Page(s) A1, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.425

Flow organization and heat transfer in turbulent wall sheared thermal convection

Author(s): Alexander Blass, Xiaojue Zhu, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse, Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 897, 2020, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.378

Off-centre gravity induces large-scale flow patterns in spherical Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Author(s): Richard Stevens; Guiquan Wang; ROBERTO VERZICCO; Detlef Lohse; Luca Santelli
Published in: Journal of fluid mechanics, Issue 942, 2022, Page(s) A21, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.360

Optimal heat transport in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection at large Rayleigh numbers

Author(s): Robert Hartmann Guru S. Yerragolam Roberto Verzicco Detlef Lohse Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Physical Review Fluids, Issue 8, 2023, Page(s) 083501, ISSN 2469-990X
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.8.083501

Passive scalar transport in Couette flow

Author(s): Guru Sreevanshu Yerragolam; Richard Stevens; ROBERTO VERZICCO; Detlef Lohse; Olga Shishkina
Published in: Journal of fluid mechanics, Issue 943, 2022, Page(s) A17, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.368

Interplay between advective, diffusive and active barriers in (rotating) Rayleigh–Bénard flow

Author(s): Nikolas O. Aksamit; Robert Hartmann; Detlef Lohse; George Haller
Published in: Interplay between advective, diffusive and active barriers in (rotating) Rayleigh–Bénard flow, Issue 969, 2023, Page(s) A27, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.563

Heat transport enhancement in confined Rayleigh-Bénard convection feels the shape of the container

Author(s): Robert Hartmann, Kai Leong Chong, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse
Published in: EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2021, ISSN 0295-5075
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac19ed

From zonal flow to convection rolls in Rayleigh–Bénard convection with free-slip plates

Author(s): Qi Wang, Kai Leong Chong, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 905, 2020, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.793

Aspect Ratio Dependence of Heat Transfer in a Cylindrical Rayleigh-Bénard Cell

Author(s): Guenter Ahlers; Eberhard Bodenschatz; Robert Hartmann; Xiaozhou He; Detlef Lohse; Philipp Reiter; Richard J. A. M. Stevens; Roberto Verzicco; Marcel Wedi; Stephan Weiss; Xuan Zhang; Lukas Zwirner; Olga Shishkina
Published in: Physical review letters, Issue 128(8), 2022, Page(s) 084501, ISSN 1092-0145
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.084501

Effect of sidewall on heat transfer and flow structure in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

Author(s): Zhen-Hua Wan, Ping Wei, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse, Guenter Ahlers, Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 881, 2019, Page(s) 218-243, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.770

Diffusion-free scaling in rotating spherical Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Author(s): Guiquan Wang; Luca Santelli; Detlef Lohse; Detlef Lohse; Roberto Verzicco; Roberto Verzicco; Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Geophysical research letters, Issue 48, 2021, Page(s) e2021GL095017, ISSN 1944-8007
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1029/2021gl095017

Strong alignment of prolate ellipsoids in Taylor-Couette flow

Author(s): Chong Shen Ng; Martin Assen; Richard Stevens; ROBERTO VERZICCO; Detlef Lohse; Jelle Will
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 935, 2022, Page(s) A7, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1134

Boundary layers in turbulent vertical convection at high Prandtl number

Author(s): Christopher J. Howland; Chong Shen Ng; Roberto Verzicco; Detlef Lohse
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 930, 2021, Page(s) A32, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.952

Multiple heat transport maxima in confined-rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

Author(s): Robert Hartmann; Roberto Verzicco; Liesbeth Klein Kranenbarg; Detlef Lohse; Richard J.A.M. Stevens
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 939, 2021, Page(s) A1, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1031

Calculation of the mean velocity profile for strongly turbulent Taylor–Couette flow at arbitrary radius ratios

Author(s): Pieter Berghout, Roberto Verzicco, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Detlef Lohse, Daniel Chung
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 905, 2020, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.739

Coherence of temperature and velocity superstructures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard flow

Author(s): Dominik Krug, Detlef Lohse, Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 887, 2020, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.1054

Towards understanding polar heat transport enhancement in sub-glacial oceans on icy moons

Author(s): Robert Hartmann; Richard J. A. M. Stevens; Detlef Lohse; Roberto Verzicco
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 51, 2024, Page(s) n/a, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023gl105401

What rotation rate maximizes heat transport in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection with Prandtl number larger than one?

Author(s): Yantao Yang, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse, Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Published in: Physical Review Fluids, Issue 5/5, 2020, ISSN 2469-990X
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.053501

Flow organisation in laterally unconfined Rayleigh–Bénard turbulence

Author(s): Alexander Blass, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Dominik Krug
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 906, 2021, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.797

Book chapters (1)

Toward DNS of the Ultimate Regime of Rayleigh–Bénard Convection

Author(s): R. J. A. M. Stevens, D. Lohse, R. Verzicco
Published in: Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XII, Issue 27, 2020, Page(s) 215-224, ISBN 978-3-030-42821-1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42822-8_28