HEXAGONAL AND SPIRAL PATTERNS OF THERMAL-CONVECTION

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作者
BESTEHORN, M
FANTZ, M
FRIEDRICH, R
HAKEN, H
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[1] Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik, Universität Stuttgart, W-7000 Stuttgart 80
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10.1016/0375-9601(93)90540-G
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Using an extension of the Swift-Hohenberg equation including mean flow effects we show numerically that the mean flow accounts for the deformation of straight convection rolls to spirals in the case of a Boussinesq flow. Including also non-Boussinesqian effects we obtain transitions between spirals and hexagons. The results are in qualitative agreement with recent experiments in compressed gases.
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