Impact of non-uniform ambient stratification on thermal plume dynamics

F. Marques and Juan M. Lopez

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Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-105 of the plume K1 at Ra=2.64x106 over approximately 9 puffing periods. Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-2x105 of the plume R1 at Ra=2.70x6 over approximately 16 puffing periods.
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Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-4x105 of the plume K3 at Ra=2.95x106 over approximately 80 puffing periods. Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-2x105 of the plume R2 at Ra=2.856 over approximately 12 puffing periods.
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Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-105 of the plume MR at Ra=2.805x106 over one beat period, corresponding to approximately 35 puffing periods. Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-4.5x105 of the plume P1 at Ra=2.776 over approximately 5 pulse periods.
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Animation of the helicity density isosurfaces at levels he=+-3x105 of the plume P2 at Ra=2.936 over approximately 2 pulse periods. Animation of the isotherms of the puffing plume P0 at Ra=2.6x106 over one puffing period, computed with the spatial and temporal resolutions indicated.