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An experimental investigation of thermosolutal convection at marginal stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

T. G. L. Shirtcliffe
T. G. L. Shirtcliffe
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Abstract

Experiments are described in which the stability of a liquid stabilized by a gradient of concentration of a solute has been investigated. In all the cases observed, convection began at marginal stability with an oscillatory motion. The boundary of stability in the (R, Rs)-plane departs somewhat from that predicted by the simplest theories; the boundary is a curve, concave to the origin, and the critical Rayleigh number is high. The total rate of transport of solute increases much more rapidly than that of heat when the oscillations begin. The motions begin in cells which are separate from one another.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , 10 March 1969 , pp. 677 - 688
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© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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