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Roll and square convection in binary liquids: a few-mode Galerkin model
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Abstract:
We present a few-mode Galerkin model for convection in binary fluid layers subject to an approximation to realistic horizontal boundary conditions at positive separation ratios. The model exhibits convection patterns in form of rolls and squares. The stable squares at onset develop into stable rolls at higher thermal driving. In between, a regime of a so-called cross roll structure is found. The results of our few-mode model are in good agreement with both experiments and numerical multimode simulations.
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