Publications of Guenter Ahlers

Guenter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Robert Hartmann, Xiaozhou He, Detlef Lohse, Philipp Reiter, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Roberto Verzicco, Marcel Wedi, Stephan Weiss, Xuan Zhang, Lukas Zwirner, and Olga Shishkina, "Aspect Ratio Dependence of Heat Transfer in a Cylindrical Rayleigh-Bénard Cell," Physical Review Letters 128, 084501 (2022).

Xiaozhou He, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Universal scaling of temperature variance in Rayleigh–Bénard convection near the transition to the ultimate state," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 931, A7 (2022).

Xiaozhou He, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Aspect ratio dependence of the ultimate-state transition in turbulent thermal convection," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, 30022-30023 (2020).

X. Zhang, D. van Gils, S. Horn, M. Wedi, L. Zwirner, G. Ahlers, R. E. Ecke, S. Weiss, E. Bodenschatz, and O. Shishkina, "Boundary zonal flow in rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection," Physical Review Letters 124 (8), 084505 (2020).

Stefan Weiß, Xiaozhou He, Guenter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Olga Shishkina, "Bulk temperature and heat transport in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection of fluids with temperature-dependent properties," Jouarnal of Fluid Mechanics 851, 374-390 (2018).

Günter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and X. He, "Ultimate-state transition of turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection," Physical Review Fluids 2 (5), 054603 (2017).

X. He, E. Bodenschatz, and G. Ahlers, "Azimuthal diffusion of the large-scale-circulation plane, and absence of significant non-Boussinesq effects, in turbulent convection near the ultimate-state transition.," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 791, R3 (2016).

X. He, D. van Gils, E. Bodenschatz, and G. Ahlers, "Reynolds numbers and the elliptic approximation near the ultimate state of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection," New Journal of Physics 17 (6), 063028 (2015).

Guenter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Xiaozhou He, "Logarithmic temperature profiles of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in the classical and ultimate state for a Prandtl number of 0.8," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 758, 436-467 (2014).

Xiaozhou He, Dennis van Gils, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Logarithmic spatial variations and universal f -1 power spectra of temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection," Physical Review Letters 112, 174501-1-174501-5 (2014).

Xiaozhou He, Denis Funfschilling, Holger Nobach, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Comment on "Effect of Boundary Layers Asymmetry on Heat Transfer Efficiency in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection at Very High Rayleigh Numbers"," Physical Review Letters 110 (19), 199401-1-199401-1 (2013).

Guenter Ahlers, Xiaozhou He, Denis Funfschilling, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Heat transport by turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection for Pr ≃ 0.8 and 3 × 10 ¹² ≲ Ra ≲ 10¹⁵: aspect ratio Γ = 0.50," New Journal of Physics 14, 103012-1-103012-39 (2012).

Guenter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Denis Funfschilling, Siegfried Grossmann, Xiaozhou He, Detlef Lohse, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, and Roberto Verzicco, "Logarithmic Temperature Profiles in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection," Physical Review Letters 109, 114501-1-114501-5 (2012).

G. Ahlers, E. Bodenschatz, D. Funfschilling, S. Grossmann, X. He, D. Lohse, R. Stevens, and R. Verzicco, "Logarithmic temperature profiles in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection," Physical Review Letters 109 (11), 114501 (2012).

Xiaozhou He, Denis Funfschilling, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Heat transport by turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection for Pr ≃ 0.8 and 4 × 10¹¹ ≲ Ra ≲ 2 × 10¹⁴: ultimate-state transition for aspect ratio Γ = 1.00," New Journal of Physics 14, 063030-1-063030-15 (2012).

Xiaozhou He, Denis Funfschilling, Holger Nobach, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Transition to the Ultimate State of Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection," Physical Review Letters 108, 024502-1-024502-5 (2012).

Guenter Ahlers, Denis Funfschilling, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Transitions in heat transport by turbulent convection at Rayleigh numbers up to 10¹⁵," New Journal of Physics 13, 049401-1-049401-2 (2011).

Guenter Ahlers, Denis Funfschilling, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Transitions in heat transport by turbulent convection at Rayleigh numbers up to 10¹⁵," New Journal of Physics 11, 123001-1-123001-18 (2009).

Guenter Ahlers, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and James Hogg, "Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection for a Prandtl number of 0.67," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 641, 157-167 (2009).

Denis Funfschilling, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers, "Search for the “ultimate state” in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection," Physical Review Letters 103, 014503-1-014503-4 (2009).