Transition from periodic to non-periodic oscillation observed in a mathematical model of bioconvection by motile micro-organisms (Q1072473)
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Transition from periodic to non-periodic oscillation observed in a mathematical model of bioconvection by motile micro-organisms (English)
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1986
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Bioconvection observed in a culture of motile micro-organisms was analyzed numerically. The governing equations are the Navier-Stokes equations with the Boussinesq approximation and a diffusion equation for the motile micro-organism. A transition from a static condition to periodic oscillation was observed according to the increase of the Rayleigh number. It was found that the system of bioconvection can lead into chaotic conditions via a single-frequency oscillatory behavior of a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations by increasing the Rayleigh number, which is analogous to Bénard convection.
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Bioconvection
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culture of motile micro-organisms
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Navier-Stokes equations
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Boussinesq approximation
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diffusion equation
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periodic oscillation
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Rayleigh number
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period-doubling bifurcations
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Bénard convection
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