Planform selection in salt fingers

DOI10.1017/S0022112086000368zbMath0597.76040OpenAlexW2121831917MaRDI QIDQ3731245

M. R. E. Proctor, Judith Y. Holyer

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086000368

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear coupled evolution equationsdouble-diffusive convection problemsinteracting roll solutionsroll-type planformssalt-finger regimesmall-aspect-ratio thermohaline convectionTwo-scale methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

Related Items (7)

Equilibrium transport in double-diffusive convection ⋮ Staircase solutions and stability in vertically confined salt-finger convection ⋮ Fixed-flux convection in a tilted slot ⋮ Heteroclinic bifurcations in a simple model of double-diffusive convection ⋮ Equilibration of weakly nonlinear salt fingers ⋮ Linear stability analysis of salt fingers with surface evaporation or warming ⋮ Mean flow instabilities of two-dimensional convection in strong magnetic fields

Cites Work

• The transition from roll to square-cell solutions in Rayleigh–Bénard convection
• The characteristics of salt fingers in a variety of fluid systems, including stellar interiors, liquid metals, oceans, and magmas
• Nonlinear double-diffusive convection
• Nonlinear Rayleigh–Bénard convection between poorly conducting boundaries
• Finite amplitude doubly diffusive convection

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