Zhou Sheng-qi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-70). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Zhou Sheng-qi. / Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.i / Abstract (in English) --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / List of Figures --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.viii / Chapter / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Turbulence: a Universal Problem --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Rayleigh-Benard Convection --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- The History of Rayleigh-Benard Convection --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The Dimensionless Parameters --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- The Physical Picture of Turbulent Convection --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Motivation of This Study --- p.8 / Chapter 2. --- Theoretical Base and Experimental Setup --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Rayleigh-Benard problem --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Boussinesq approximation --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Convection Equation --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Experimental Setup and Measurement --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Convection Cell --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Power Supply and the Refrigerated Recirculator --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Temperature Probes --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Temperature Measurement System --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Building up the Convection State --- p.25 / Chapter 3. --- Temperature Power Spectra and the Viscous Boundary Layer in the Thermal Turbulence --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Power Spectra Method --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Suspicions of the Power Spectra Method --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3 --- Discussion of the Experimental Results --- p.32 / Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.39 / Chapter 4. --- The Correlation Function of Temperature --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Preparation of Experiment --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Apparatus --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Definition of correlation function --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results and Discussion --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The Delay Time (¡’0) --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- The Maximum Correlation Coefficient (R) --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- The Half Width (¡’h) --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.61 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusions --- p.63 / References --- p.66
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323254 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Contributors | Zhou, Shengqi., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 70 leaves : ill. ; 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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