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The wavelength of supercritical surface tension driven Benard convectionThe size or the wavelength of moderately supercritical surface tension driven Benard convection has been investigated experimentally in a thin fluid layer of large aspect ratio. It has been found that the number of the hexagonal convection cells increases with increased temperature differences, up to 1.3 times the critical temperature difference. That means that the wavelength of surface tension driven convection decreases after onset of the instability for moderately nonlinear conditions. This result is in striking contrast to the well-known increase of the wavelength of buoyancy driven Rayleigh-Benard convection.
Document ID
19910058264
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Koschmieder, E. L.
(Texas, University Austin, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids, Supplement
Volume: 10
Issue: 2, 19
ISSN: 0997-7546
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
91A42887
Distribution Limits
Public
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