Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection
= Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection
A thermally driven fluid layer rotating about the vertical axis experiences a <Coriolis force> that couples vertical <velocity> to vertical <vorticity>. Its onset depends on the <Rayleigh number>, <Prandtl number> and <Taylor number>, as well as thermal and mechanical <boundary conditions>. The force does no mechanical work, but changes the linear mode balance and nonlinear <convection roll> competition.