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Square-pattern convection in fluids with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

F. H. Busse  and
H. Frick
F. H. Busse
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
H. Frick
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
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Abstract

Three-dimensional numerical solutions are obtained describing convection with a square lattice in a layer heated from below with no-slip top and bottom boundaries. The limit of infinite Prandtl number and a linear dependence of the viscosity on temperature are assumed. The stability of the three-dimensional solutions with respect to disturbances fitting the square lattice is analysed. It is shown that convection in the form of two-dimensional rolls is stable for low variations of viscosity, while square-pattern convection becomes stable when the viscosity contrast between upper and lower parts of the fluid layer is sufficiently strong. The theoretical results are in qualitative agreement with experimental observations.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 150 , January 1985 , pp. 451 - 465
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© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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