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Experimental Investigation of Longitudinal Space-Time Correlations of the Velocity Field in Turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard Convection
We report an experimental investigation of the longitudinal space-time
cross-correlation function of the velocity field, , in a cylindrical
turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection cell using the particle image
velocimetry (PIV) technique. We show that while the Taylor's frozen-flow
hypothesis does not hold in turbulent thermal convection, the recent elliptic
model advanced for turbulent shear flows [He & Zhang, \emph{Phys. Rev. E}
\textbf{73}, 055303(R) (2006)] is valid for the present velocity field for all
over the cell, i.e., the isocorrelation contours of the measured
have a shape of elliptical curves and hence can be related to
via with and
being two characteristic velocities. We further show that the fitted is
proportional to the mean velocity of the flow, but the values of are
larger than the theoretical predictions. Specifically, we focus on two
representative regions in the cell: the region near the cell sidewall and the
cell's central region. It is found that and are approximately
the same near the sidewall, while at cell center.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figures, submitted to J. Fluid Mec
Mechanism of Polarization Fatigue in BiFeO3: the Role of Schottky Barrier
By using piezoelectric force microscopy and scanning Kelvin probe microscopy,
we have investigated the domain evolution and space charge distribution in
planar BiFeO3 capacitors with different electrodes. It is observed that charge
injection at the film/electrode interface leads to domain pinning and
polarization fatigue in BiFeO3. Furthermore, the Schottky barrier at the
interface is crucial for the charge injection process. Lowering the Schottky
barrier by using low work function metals as the electrodes can also improve
the fatigue property of the device, similar to what oxide electrodes can
achieve
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