Convection in a horizontal fluid layer heated from below is one of models for studying patterns of convection in binary fluid mixtures and has been extensively studied. In this article, the convection structures in a ...Convection in a horizontal fluid layer heated from below is one of models for studying patterns of convection in binary fluid mixtures and has been extensively studied. In this article, the convection structures in a rectangular cell were investigated for the aspect-ratio Г= 12 and the separation ratio ψ = -0.47. Simulations were preformed by solving the hydrodynamic equations using the SIMPLE method. A Counter Propagating Wave (CPW) state was found in binary fluid convection with a periodically horizontal motion of defects, and the pattern dynamics was further discuss.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10872164)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry (Grant No. 220542)+1 种基金the Key Project of Shanxi Education Committee (Grant No.05JK271)the Scientific Research Foundation of Xi’an University of Technology (Grant No.210532).
文摘Convection in a horizontal fluid layer heated from below is one of models for studying patterns of convection in binary fluid mixtures and has been extensively studied. In this article, the convection structures in a rectangular cell were investigated for the aspect-ratio Г= 12 and the separation ratio ψ = -0.47. Simulations were preformed by solving the hydrodynamic equations using the SIMPLE method. A Counter Propagating Wave (CPW) state was found in binary fluid convection with a periodically horizontal motion of defects, and the pattern dynamics was further discuss.