by Lui Siu Lung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-136). / by Lui Siu Lung. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Parameters --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Stories of Turbulent Convection --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Models: Plumes with no Flow or a Flow with no Plumes? --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Building up the Picture --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Starting Point of the Experiment --- p.6 / Chapter 2. --- Setup of the Experimental Environment --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Convection Cell --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Temperature Probe --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Thermistors --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Large Scale Circulation and the Plumes --- p.19 / Chapter 2.5 --- Building up the Convection --- p.22 / Chapter 3. --- Hard Turbulence Properties and Scalings in the Normal Cell --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- Heat Transfer Efficiency --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- Thermal Boundary Layer --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3 --- The RMS Temperature Fluctuation --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4 --- Temperature Time Series --- p.42 / Chapter 3.5 --- Histograms --- p.48 / Chapter 3.6 --- Power Spectrum --- p.53 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary on the Normal Cell --- p.56 / Chapter 4. --- Horizontal-Position-Dependent Thermal Boundary Layer --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1 --- Orientation --- p.59 / Chapter 4.2 --- Along the Large Scale Circulation --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3 --- Perpendicular to the Large Scale Circulation --- p.70 / Chapter 4.4 --- Horizontal Measurement for the A = 2 Cell --- p.78 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary on the Horizontal Measurement --- p.81 / Chapter 5. --- Sphere in the Cell --- p.84 / Chapter 5.1 --- Heat Transfer Efficiency --- p.84 / Chapter 5.2 --- Thermal Boundary Layer --- p.86 / Chapter 5.3 --- The RMS Temperature Fluctuation --- p.87 / Chapter 5.4 --- Temperature Time Series --- p.88 / Chapter 5.5 --- Histograms --- p.92 / Chapter 5.6 --- Summary on the Sphere Cell --- p.94 / Chapter 6. --- Fingers in the Cell --- p.96 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Gear Cell --- p.96 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Heat Transfer Efficiency --- p.96 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Thermal Boundary Layer --- p.98 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Flow Pattern in the Gear Cell --- p.100 / Chapter 6.1.4 --- Temperature Time Series --- p.104 / Chapter 6.1.5 --- Histograms --- p.109 / Chapter 6.1.6 --- Power Spectrum --- p.110 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Finger Cell --- p.117 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Heat Transfer Efficiency --- p.117 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Temperature Time Series --- p.120 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Histograms --- p.122 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Power Spectrum --- p.125 / Chapter 6.3 --- Summary on the Finger Cells --- p.127 / Chapter 7. --- Conclusions --- p.129 / References --- p.132 / Appendix --- p.137
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321966 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Lui, Siu Lung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 139 leaves : ill. (some mounted) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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