Mode interactions in three-dimensional convection
The focus of this thesis is the influence of rotation or a magnetic field on the dynamics of pattern formation by thermal convection in a plane layer (the Rayleigh-Bénard problem). Chapter 1 of the thesis provides a short introduction to the theory of equivalent steady-state and Hopf bifurcations on...
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University of Cambridge
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598414 |