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Morphology, interactions, and evolution of laminar thermal plumes revealed by time-resolved volumetric velocity measurements and analysis: Application to Earth's mantle
Xiyuan Bao, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Plume-laden convection plays a fundamental role in thermal transport in geophysical and industrial flows. While the dynamics of isolated laminar plumes have been extensively studie…
physics.flu-dyn2026
A method for measuring and analyzing four-dimensional flow fields in viscous Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Xiyuan Bao, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Laboratory investigation of convective flow in viscous fluids is crucial for various engineering and geophysical applications, including vigorous convection in planetary mantles, w…