From coherent rolls to complex three-dimensional structures (IMAGE)

Shibaura Institute of Technology

From coherent rolls to complex three-dimensional structures

Caption

Researchers used mirror-assisted background-oriented schlieren imaging to reconstruct finite-time air-density changes along a heated vertical wall. The reconstructed patterns reveal a downstream shift from spanwise-coherent sheets to fragmented, tilted and streamwise-extended structures.

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

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