Bifurcations in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection
- Two-dimensional bouyancy-driven convection in a horizontal fluid layer with stress-free boundary conditions at top and bottom and periodic boundary conditions in the horizontal direction is investigated by means of numerical simulation and bifurcation-analysis techniques. As the bouyancy forces increase, the primary stationary and symmetric convection rolls undergo successive Hopf bifurcations, bifurcations to traveling waves, and phase lockings. We pay attention to symmetry breaking and its connection with the generation of large-scale horizontal flows. Calculations of Lyapunov exponents indicate that at a Rayleigh number of 2.3×105 no temporal chaos is reached yet, but the system moves nonchaotically on a 4-torus in phase space.
Author details: | Egbert Zienicke, Norbert SeehaferORCiD, Fred Feudel |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-14534 |
Publication series (Volume number): | NLD Preprints (42) |
Publication type: | Preprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1997 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2007/07/04 |
Organizational units: | Zentrale und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen / Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Dynamik komplexer Systeme |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |