Author: A. V. Getling
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Keywords: dynamics, series, nonlinear, vol, advanced, rayleigh, convection, structures, benard
Number of Pages: 245
Published: 1997-11
List price: $61.00
ISBN-10: 9810226578
ISBN-13: 9789810226572

This invaluable book presents a concise but systematic account of the formation of spatial flow structures in a horizontal fluid layer heated from below. Flows of this type, known as Rayleigh-Bénard convection, show important features of behaviour inherent not only in various hydrodynamic-instability phenomena but also in nonlinear pattern-forming processes in other contexts. The book describes the basic methods of investigating convection patterns, and the types of two- and three-dimensional flows, pattern defects, and sequences of convection-regime changes. The author pays special attent