Subcritical convection in an internally heated layer
Fluid Dynamics
2017-06-28 v2
Abstract
Thermal convection in a horizontal layer with uniform internal heating and stress-free constant-temperature boundaries is analyzed numerically. The work is motivated by the questions arising in development of liquid metal batteries, in which convection is induced by the Joule heating of electrolyte. It is demonstrated that three-dimensional convection cells exist at subcritical Rayleigh numbers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1701.06618,
title = {Subcritical convection in an internally heated layer},
author = {Linyan Xiang and Oleg Zikanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06618},
year = {2017}
}
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12 pages, 4 figures, 1 table