Evolution of two-dimensional disturbances in the Rayleigh–Bénard problem and their preferred wavenumbers

DOI10.1017/S0022112083001032zbMath0536.76043MaRDI QIDQ3321676

A. V. Getling

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083001032

zbMATH Keywords

free surfaces; Rayleigh-Bénard problem; two-dimensional; non-stationary; heated from below; Fourier harmonics; velocity and temperature; continuous wavenumber spectra; Initial disturbances; numerical integration of initial-value problem; plane horizontal fluid layer; roll set; Spectrum evolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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