Boundary layer structure in turbulent thermal convection and its consequences for the required numerical resolution

Olga Shishkina, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Siegfried Grossmann +1

Results on the Prandtl-Blasius type kinetic and thermal boundary layer thicknesses in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a broad range of Prandtl numbers are presented. By sol…