Subcritical Instability and Exchange of Stability in a Horizontal Fluid Layer
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 11 (4) , 903
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1692017
Abstract
Rayleigh numbers calculated from linear and energy theories do not coincide when internal heat sources are present. For free boundaries exchange of stability applies, but energy theory nonetheless deems possible the existence of subcritical instabilities.Keywords
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