Visualizing hidden airflow near a heated wall (IMAGE)

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Visualizing hidden airflow near a heated wall

Caption

The research team reconstructed three-dimensional regions of changing air density near a heated vertical wall. Upstream, smooth, sheet-like patterns extend across the wall; farther downstream, these structures become tilted, fragmented and elongated as the boundary layer develops toward turbulence.

Credit

Associate Professor Takuma Kogawa from SIT, Japan Source Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2026.112606

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