# Rayleigh Benard Convection - Experimental Measurements # Wall-normal boundary layer velocity at the centreline # # Ra= 3.44E9 # # H : height of Rayleigh Benard cell (2.5m) # W, w': Mean and rms wall-normal velocity # Umax : Maximum U value # w'max : Maximum w' value # z: distance from cooling plate # # z [mm] W [m/s] w' [m/s] 2.30E-01 0.000438841 0.00128245 3.20E-01 -0.000851979 0.0014278 4.60E-01 0.001452765 0.00267225 6.50E-01 -0.000211166 0.00275295 8.80E-01 0.000320398 0.00225172 1.16E+00 0.000490618 0.00232433 1.58E+00 0.000671985 0.00184698 2.00E+00 0.000724165 0.00170211 2.47E+00 0.000861352 0.00158252 3.03E+00 0.001040507 0.00219007 3.59E+00 0.00087188 0.00252469 4.20E+00 0.000977221 0.00266877 4.90E+00 0.001025396 0.00296431 5.60E+00 0.001216727 0.00323598 6.39E+00 0.00145581 0.00382656 7.23E+00 0.001534921 0.00407236 8.12E+00 0.001556968 0.00482869 9.10E+00 0.001670838 0.00520909 1.00E+01 0.001848789 0.00540849 1.11E+01 0.002277167 0.00619716 1.21E+01 0.001970533 0.00658343 1.31E+01 0.001961128 0.00697997 1.41E+01 0.002150448 0.00726974 1.52E+01 0.002408757 0.00796024 1.58E+01 -0.003282944 0.00806804 1.68E+01 -0.003917071 0.0086402 1.79E+01 -0.002571032 0.00897023 1.89E+01 -0.001721045 0.00972577 2.00E+01 -0.00230545 0.0098586 2.78E+01 -0.00399031 0.0128841 3.53E+01 -0.003202427 0.01533588 4.32E+01 -0.003973568 0.01690088 5.10E+01 -0.003773231 0.01877782 5.89E+01 -0.003767793 0.02011757 6.64E+01 -0.004363281 0.02179739 7.46E+01 -0.005226727 0.02258977 8.28E+01 -0.004549924 0.02337149 9.10E+01 -0.005652236 0.0241092 9.92E+01 -0.002505249 0.02465925 1.07E+02 -0.00699667 0.02550962 1.15E+02 -0.005424687 0.02556644 1.23E+02 -0.003762459 0.02628172 1.31E+02 -0.005532932 0.02723183 1.39E+02 -0.003167766 0.02756903 1.47E+02 -0.005935002 0.02671854 1.55E+02 -0.007155981 0.02759537 1.63E+02 -0.003913648 0.02968231 1.71E+02 -0.006369841 0.02962538 1.79E+02 -0.002023803 0.0308