The role of Stewartson and Ekman layers in turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection
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Rudie P. J. Kunnen1†, Richard J. A. M. Stevens2, Jim Overkamp1, Chao Sun2, GertJan F. van Heijst1 and Herman J. H. Clercx1,3 1 Department of Physics and J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2 Department of Science and Technology and J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands 3 Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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