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A note on the nonlinear development of the Batchelor–Nitsche instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

M. R. E. Proctor
M. R. E. Proctor
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver St., Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
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Abstract

The nonlinear development of the Batchelor–Nitsche instability (of a periodically stratified fluid) is considered, utilizing the disparity between vertical and horizontal scales of motion. The resulting evolution equation is used to show that the preferred pattern of convection takes the form of rolls, and that the motion evolves to larger and larger horizontal scales as time increases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 254 , September 1993 , pp. 313 - 321
Copyright
© 1993 Cambridge University Press

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