Abstract
The existence of modes of cellular convection driven by thermal instability which are oscillatory in type, rather than steady, has been predicted theoretically for systems that are rotating as a whole. Such modes are of a type called "overstable" by Eddington in a different connection. The result of an initial successful experiment with mercury is given.
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ConvectionPhysicsThermalInstabilityConnection (principal bundle)MechanicsType (biology)Classical mechanicsThermodynamicsMathematicsGeometryGeology
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- 1954
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- article
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1471-1472
- Citations
- 34
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Dave Fultz,
Y. Nakagawa,
Paul D. Frenzen
(1954).
An Instance in Thermal Convection of Eddington's "Overstability".
Physical Review
, 94
(6)
, 1471-1472.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.94.1471
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrev.94.1471