Author:
Newell Alan C.,Whitehead J. A.
Abstract
The main purpose of this work is to show how a continuous finite bandwidth of modes can be readily incorporated into the description of post-critical Rayleigh-Bénard convection by the use of slowly varying (in space and time) amplitudes. Previous attempts have used a multimodal discrete analysis. We show that in addition to obtaining results consistent with the discrete mode approach, there is a larger class of stable and realizable solutions. The main feature of these solutions is that the amplitude and wave-number of the motion is that of the most unstable mode almost everywhere, but, depending on external and initial conditions, the roll couplets in different parts of space may be 180° out of phase. The resulting discontinuities are smoothed by hyperbolic tangent functions. In addition, it is clear that the mechanism for propagating spatial nonuniformities is diffusive in character.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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