NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE BENARD-PROBLEM FOR FLUIDS WITH A CONVEX NONINCREASING TEMPERATURE DEPENDING VISCOSITY

Authors
CAPONE F GENTILE M
Citation
F. Capone et M. Gentile, NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE BENARD-PROBLEM FOR FLUIDS WITH A CONVEX NONINCREASING TEMPERATURE DEPENDING VISCOSITY, Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics, 7(3), 1995, pp. 297-309
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09351175
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
297 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-1175(1995)7:3<297:NSAOTB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A nonlinear energy stability analysis of the onset of convection for f luids with viscosity convex nonincreasing function of temperature, is performed. It is shown that condition assuring linear stability, assur es nonlinear (conditional) asymptotic stability too.