Rayleigh-Bénard convection is a type of natural convection, occurring in a plane of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as the Bénard cells. The following model shows this.



Grid Velocity vectors Isotherm Heat flux Streamlines

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