The transition from roll to square-cell solutions in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112084000458zbMath0554.76041OpenAlexW2089546416MaRDI QIDQ3217801

M. R. E. Proctor, D. R. Jenkins

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112084000458

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh-Bénard convectionfinite-difference methodroll solutionsquare-cell tesselationthree-dimensional thermal convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Free convection (76R10)

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