STABILITY AND FLUCTUATIONS OF A SPATIALLY PERIODIC CONVECTIVE FLOW

被引:148
作者
POMEAU, Y
MANNEVILLE, P
机构
来源
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE LETTRES | 1979年 / 40卷 / 23期
关键词
FLUID DYNAMICS - Mathematical Models;
D O I
10.1051/jphyslet:019790040023060900
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The onset of convection for a roll instability is analyzed using a model equation. The wavelength increase follows from a variational approach. For certain wavelengths, phase diffusion turns out to be unstable against compression (or dilatation) and torsion of the rolls. Thermal phase fluctuations induce a tiny brownian motion of the structure which should be observable in carefully designed experiments such as Rayleigh-Benard in liquid helium or Carr-Helfrich in nematic liquid crystals.
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页码:L609 / L612
页数:4
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