Numerical bifurcation study of natural convection in a layer of fluid subject to spatially distributed heating

A. Asgarian, M. Z. Hossain, J. M. Floryan

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Abstract

We present the numerical investigation of Rayleigh-Benard convection (RBC) in a slot whose bottom wall is subject to a long-wavelength heating and the upper wall is isothermal. It is shown that multiple flow structures associated with the same conditions can be produced by changing the history of the heating; this history can be controlled by using different initialization conditions, different continuation strategies in the parameters space as well as by using different numerical solvers. The observed flow structures can be categorized into two generic groups, i.e. symmetric and asymmetric flow structures. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Mathematical and Computational Methods: Addressing Modern Challenges of Science, Technology, and Society
Pages33-36
Volume1368
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvances in Mathematical and Computational Methods: Addressing Modern Challenges of Science, Technology, and Society - Waterloo, ON, Canada
Duration: 25 Jul 201129 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1368
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceAdvances in Mathematical and Computational Methods: Addressing Modern Challenges of Science, Technology, and Society
PlaceCanada
CityWaterloo, ON
Period25/07/1129/07/11

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Research Keywords

  • Rayleigh-Benard convection
  • spatially modulated heating
  • Spectral Method
  • Thermal Bifurcation

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