CREATION AND EXTINCTION OF CELLS IN BENARD CONVECTION

Authors
WIERSCHEM A CERISIER P GALLET P VELARDE MG
Citation
A. Wierschem et al., CREATION AND EXTINCTION OF CELLS IN BENARD CONVECTION, Journal of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, 22(2), 1997, pp. 162-168
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of non-equilibrium thermodynamics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03400204
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
162 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-0204(1997)22:2<162:CAEOCI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The creation and extinction of cells in Benard convection has been rec orded with an infrared camera, which detects the radiation emitted by the surface of the liquid layer, hence obtaining the time dependent ev olution of the surface-temperature distribution.