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Centrifugal effects in rotating convection: nonlinear dynamics

J. M. Lopez & F. Marques

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 628 (2009),   pp. 269-297

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Movie 1. Isotherms at mid-height of QP at Ra=15,500 and Fr=0.30. Download movie.

Movie 2. Isotherms at mid-height of QP (locked) at Ra=17,000 and Fr=0.30. Download movie.

Movie 3. Isotherms at mid-height of QP at Ra=18,500 and Fr=0.30. Download movie.

Movie 4. Isotherms at mid-height of QP at Ra=20,000 and Fr=0.30. Download movie.

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Movie 5. Isotherms at mid-height of T3 at Ra=20,000 and F=0 (frame rate is half that of movies 1 to 4). Download movie.