Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8051256 Applied Mathematical Modelling 2018 28 Pages PDF
Abstract
We investigate the effect of time periodic oscillations of the boundary temperatures on the onset of natural convection in a fluid layer bounded by two vertical planes. The fluids with Prandtl number up to 12.5 are considered. For these fluids, the mode of instability with constant temperature gradient is the steady convection mode. The parametric instability of the modulated fluid layer is found to appear either in the form of harmonic oscillations or in the form of subharmonic oscillations, depending upon the modulation parameters and the Prandtl number. The transition of the instability between harmonic and subharmonic oscillations occurs via an intermediate bicritical state in which the fluid layer oscillates with coexistence of distinct harmonic and subharmonic wave numbers. A proper tuning of the modulation parameters offers a good control over the mode of instability in the fluid layer.
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