Complex dynamics in double-diffusive convection

Author: Meca Esteban  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0935-4964

Source: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol.18, Iss.2-4, 2004-11, pp. : 231-238

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Abstract

The dynamics of a small Prandtl number binary mixture in a laterally heated cavity is studied numerically. By combining temporal integration, steady state solving and linear stability analysis of the full PDE equations, we have been able to locate and characterize a codimension-three degenerate Takens–Bogdanov point whose unfolding describes the dynamics of the system for a certain range of Rayleigh numbers and separation ratios near S=-1.