Competition between Different Symmetries in Convective Patterns
Year: 1988
Authors: Ciliberto S., Pampaloni E., Perez-Garcia C.
Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Departament de Fisica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Abstract: The transition between hexagons and rolls in convective patterns has been studied in pure water under non-Boussinesq conditions. The transition is characterized qualitatively by shadowgraph images and quantitatively by heat-flow measurements and a local technique based on the deflections of a laser beam. We also show that with this local technique one can recover global quantities such as the convective heat flow.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 61 (10) Pages from: 1198 to: 1201
KeyWords: convective patternsDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1198Citations: 74data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-09-29References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here