Anomalous hydrodynamic fluctuations during the development of thermal convection

DOI10.1016/0021-8928(87)90110-9MaRDI QIDQ1108150zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors O. A. Grechannyj, V. V. Tokarchuk

Publication date 1987

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8928(87)90110-9

zbMATH Keywords

correlation theory of thermal fluctuationscritical opalescence of lightequilibrium phase transitions of the second kindinhomogeneously heated liquidnon- equilibrium statistical systemsRayleigh scattering of radiationspectral functionsthreshold of convective stability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Forced convection (76R05) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

Review text

The spectral functions of the fluctuations of the hydrodynamic variables in an inhomogeneously heated liquid in the region of Rayleigh numbers close to the threshold of convective stability have been calculated using the equations of the correlation theory of thermal fluctuations in non- equilibrium statistical systems. It is shown that anomalous fluctuations, which form the structure of the flow in the regions of supercritical values of the Rayleigh number are of an essentially non-equilibrium nature and are completely accounted for by the long wavelength part of the correlation functions. The results of the calculations are used to analyze the effect of large-scale fluctuations on the Rayleigh scattering of radiation. It is is shown that, in a region where thermal convection develops, they are responsible for a phenomenon which is analogous to the critical opalescence of light during equilibrium phase transitions of the second kind.

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