Study of Rayleigh-Benard Convection By Pattern of Water Molecular Flow Observation as Function of Temperature Difference

摘要

An observation set up of Rayleigh Benard Convection (RBC) phenomenon has been developed. Observation set up made from glass box limited by two reservoirs, i.e. bottom and top reservoirs. The bottom reservoir is hotter than the top reservoir which has function to heat horizontal layers of fluid from below. The used media to observe fluid dynamics is water which mixed by teak saw dust as representation of water molecular. The observation show that increasing of temperature difference (ΔT) between two reservoirs causes the pattern of water molecular flow was different i.e. laminar and turbulent.