PhD thesis
Richard J.A.M. Stevens, Rayleigh-Bénard Turbulence, PhD thesis, University of Twente (2011). DOI 10.3990/1.9789036532037. ISBN 978-90-365-3203-7.
The final published thesis and its institutional record are available from the University of Twente.
Supplemental material PhD thesis
Part I - High Rayleigh number thermal convection
Chapter 2 -- Radial boundary layer structure and Nusselt number in Rayleigh-Bénard
Chapter 3 -- Prandtl and Rayleigh number dependence of heat transport in high Rayleigh number thermal convection
Chapter 5 -- Effect of Plumes on Measuring the Large Scale Circulation in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection
Part II - Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Chapter 7 -- Optimal Prandtl number for heat transfer enhancement
Chapter 10 -- Effect of aspect-ratio on vortex distribution and heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard
Chapter 11 -- Boundary layers in rotating weakly turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard
Additional -- Movies showing the effect of rotation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard