ON THE LINEAR GROWTH-RATES OF THE LONG-WAVE MODES IN BENARD-MARANGONICONVECTION

Authors
WILSON SK THESS A
Citation
Sk. Wilson et A. Thess, ON THE LINEAR GROWTH-RATES OF THE LONG-WAVE MODES IN BENARD-MARANGONICONVECTION, Physics of fluids, 9(8), 1997, pp. 2455-2457
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,"Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of fluids → ACNP
ISSN journal
10706631
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2455 - 2457
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-6631(1997)9:8<2455:OTLGOT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Explicit analytical expressions for the linear growth (and decay) rate s of long-wave modes in Benard-Marangoni convection are derived and di scussed. These analytical predictions are shown to be in good agreemen t with experimental observations and are used to estimate the minimum experimental time necessary in order to observe the long-wave instabil ity under microgravity conditions. (C) 1997 American Institute of Phys ics.