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Transport and profile measurements of the diffusive interface in double diffusive convection with similar diffusivities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

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

The transport properties of a diffusive interface with diffusivity ratio $\kappa_S/\kappa_T = {\textstyle\frac{1}{3}}$ have been measured, using salt and sugar as the diffusing components. The flux ratio is constant and equal to (κS/κT)½. The normalized salt flux is related to the density anomaly ratio Rρ = βΔS/αΔT by the power law F*T = 2·59Rρ−12.6 over four decades. Optical measurements show that the vertical gradients of concentration of salt and sugar within the interface are those required if molecular diffusion is to account for the whole flux of each component.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , 23 January 1973 , pp. 27 - 43
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© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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