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The pattern formation of a Poiseuille flow in a rectangular duct, which is heated from below, is studied experimentally for the Reynolds number Re = 200 within the Rayleigh number range 4 ×108 ≤ Ra ≤ 7 ×108 . The channel has an aspect ratio of Γ yz = width : height = 25 : 2. As working fluid, water (Pr ≈ 6) is used. In order to study the influence of buoyancy on the forced flow, velocity fields are measured plane parallel to the heated bottom plate by means of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Furthermore, the measured data is analyzed concerning the flow structure formation as a function of the temperature difference between the inflow and the bottom of the duct. In this connection, two different mechanisms can be distinguished, which cause the transition from a laminar to a turbulent flow: a successively progressing transition on the one hand and, above a certain Archimedes number Ar, an abrupt transition.
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Mey, T., Westhoff, A., Wagner, C. (2013). Experimental Investigation of Flow Structure Formation in a Heated Duct Flow. In: Dillmann, A., Heller, G., Kreplin, HP., Nitsche, W., Peltzer, I. (eds) New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics VIII. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35680-3_81
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