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Multiple solutions for convection in a two component fluid
Author(s) -
Busse Friedrich H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl009i005p00519
Subject(s) - streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines , convection , natural convection , mechanics , fluid motion , fluid dynamics , combined forced and natural convection , geophysics , convection cell , geology , mantle (geology) , component (thermodynamics) , physics , rayleigh number , thermodynamics
Convection in a fluid layer heated from below with two immiscible components A and B of the same average density exhibits different states of motion. Besides a solution describing convection in sublayers other solutions in which fluid B is surrounded by streamlines of fluid A or vice versa are possible. Potential applications to the problem of mantle convection are discussed.