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Feb 2013

Volume 25, Issue 2, Articles (02xxxx)

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Phys. Fluids 25, 025102 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790640 (31 pages)

T. A. Casey, J. Sakakibara, and S. T. Thoroddsen
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Rayleigh-Bénard convection for viscoplastic fluids

Mohamed Darbouli, Christel Métivier, Jean-Michel Piau, Albert Magnin, and Ahmed Abdelali

Phys. Fluids 25, 023101 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790521 (15 pages)

Online Publication Date: 8 February 2013

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The influence of rheological and interfacial properties of yield stress fluids is investigated on the onset of the Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Different Carbopol® (B.F. Goodrich) gels are used in a circular cell for Rayleigh-Bénard experimental setup. The influence of the boundary conditions is also investigated by controlling either slip or no-slip conditions. The onset of thermoconvection is shown by measuring temperature differences and also by using shadowgraph flow visualization. Experimental results show that convection occurs in the range of our experiments. Considering Carbopol gels as elasto-plastic materials with a yield stress τy, a generalized Rayleigh number is obtained: Rag = Y−1, with Y the yield number, which represents the balance between the yield stress of the gel and the buoyancy effects. The results show that the Rayleigh number is proportional to d, the height of the setup, and that the control parameter is the yield number at the onset of convection. Critical values of Y−1 have been determined for slip conditions 1/YcS ≈ 40 as well as for no-slip conditions 1/YcNS ≈ 80. It highlights that the change in surface conditions affect significantly the critical conditions.
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83.60.La Viscoplasticity; yield stress
47.20.Bp Buoyancy-driven instabilities (e.g., Rayleigh-Benard)
47.45.Gx Slip flows and accommodation
47.55.pb Thermal convection
47.57.-s Complex fluids and colloidal systems
47.80.Jk Flow visualization and imaging
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