<p>Rayleigh-Bénard convection is a canonical problem in fluid mechanics, where an adverse temperature gradient between the opposing boundaries induces instabilities that drive natural convection. For viscoplastic fluids, a minimal perturbation is required to initiate the flow. This study presents a numerical investigation of the three-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection within a cubic cavity heated from below, with lateral walls subject to a linear temperature profile. The fluid behavior is modeled using the Bingham constitutive model. The moment-based Lattice Boltzmann Method was employed as the numerical method to solve the mass and momentum transport equations, with an extended formulation to incorporate the energy transport equation using a local diffusion coefficient approach. Simulations are performed for Rayleigh numbers between 10<sup>4</sup> and 10<sup>7</sup>. Within this range, we observed a region of Yield numbers, between 0.004 and 0.007, that fluid plastifies. Increasing the Rayleigh number led to a transition from a stationary to a chaotic state, while larger Prandtl numbers damped the fluctuations in the velocity field. Notably, the imposition of a linear temperature profile on the lateral boundaries enhances flow instability, thereby amplifying plastic instabilities as the critical Yield number is approached.</p>

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Exploring the instabilities of a three-dimensional viscoplastic Rayleigh-Bénard convection

  • Marco A. Ferrari,
  • Paulo R. M. Santos,
  • Luiz A. Hegele,
  • Admilson T. Franco

摘要

Rayleigh-Bénard convection is a canonical problem in fluid mechanics, where an adverse temperature gradient between the opposing boundaries induces instabilities that drive natural convection. For viscoplastic fluids, a minimal perturbation is required to initiate the flow. This study presents a numerical investigation of the three-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection within a cubic cavity heated from below, with lateral walls subject to a linear temperature profile. The fluid behavior is modeled using the Bingham constitutive model. The moment-based Lattice Boltzmann Method was employed as the numerical method to solve the mass and momentum transport equations, with an extended formulation to incorporate the energy transport equation using a local diffusion coefficient approach. Simulations are performed for Rayleigh numbers between 104 and 107. Within this range, we observed a region of Yield numbers, between 0.004 and 0.007, that fluid plastifies. Increasing the Rayleigh number led to a transition from a stationary to a chaotic state, while larger Prandtl numbers damped the fluctuations in the velocity field. Notably, the imposition of a linear temperature profile on the lateral boundaries enhances flow instability, thereby amplifying plastic instabilities as the critical Yield number is approached.