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Dynamic states in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection systems

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Kuo, Eugenia Y. (1994) Dynamic states in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1cyd-2859. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05072013-144358189

Abstract

A new geometry-independent state - a traveling-wave wall state - is proposed as the mechanism whereby which the experimentally observed wall-localized states in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection systems preempt the bulk state at large rotation rates. Its properties are calculated for the illustrative case of free-slip top and bottom boundary conditions. At small rotation rates, this new wall state is found to disappear. A detailed study of the dynamics of the wall state and the bulk state in the transition region where this disappearance occurs is conducted using a Swift-Hohenberg model system. The Swift-Hohenberg model, with appropriate reflection-symmetry- breaking boundary conditions, is also shown to exhibit traveling-wave wall states, further demonstrating that traveling-wave wall states are a generic feature of nonequilibrium pattern-forming systems. A numerical code for the Swift-Hohenberg model in an annular geometry was written and used to investigate the dynamics of rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection systems.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Subject Keywords:Physics
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Major Option:Physics
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Cross, Michael Clifford
Thesis Committee:
  • Unknown, Unknown
Defense Date:7 January 1994
Record Number:CaltechTHESIS:05072013-144358189
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05072013-144358189
DOI:10.7907/1cyd-2859
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:7669
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
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Deposited On:07 May 2013 23:12
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