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Convection in a fluid with two phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

F. H. Busse  and
G. Schubert
F. H. Busse
Affiliation:
Department of Planetary and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
G. Schubert
Affiliation:
Department of Planetary and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
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Abstract

The gravitational instability of a horizontal fluid layer with a univariant phase transition is considered. It is found that the layer can be unstable even when the less dense phase lies above the dense phase and can be stable in the opposite case. Applications of the theory to convection with phase transitions in astrophysical and geophysical problems are briefly discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , 27 April 1971 , pp. 801 - 812
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© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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