MATERIAL WAVES FOR FLUID INTERFACES IN TH E VICINITY OF THE CRITICAL-POINT

Authors
GOUIN H
Citation
H. Gouin, MATERIAL WAVES FOR FLUID INTERFACES IN TH E VICINITY OF THE CRITICAL-POINT, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(10), 1993, pp. 1263-1268
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1263 - 1268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:10<1263:MWFFII>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A non-linear model associated with a Landau-Ginzburg-like behaviour in mean-field approximation forecasts solitary wave for fluids near the critical point. Above the critical temperature, the solitary waves can only be supersonic with respect to the isothermal acoustic speed.