Steady subcritical thermohaline convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112081003315zbMath0457.76073MaRDI QIDQ3907329

M. R. E. Proctor

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh numberBoussinesq fluidsalinity stratificationratio of diffusivities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Free convection (76R10) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Forced convection (76R05) Boundary-layer theory for compressible fluids and gas dynamics (76N20)

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Cites Work

• Convective instability in a temperature and concentration field
• Finite amplitude cellular convection
• Nonlinear interaction of magnetic field and convection
• Nonlinear double-diffusive convection
• Effect of a stabilizing gradient of solute on thermal convection

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