Bifurcation analysis of two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection using deflation
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Author(s)
Boullé, N
Dallas, V
Farrell, PE
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We perform a bifurcation analysis of the steady states of Rayleigh-Bénard convection with no-slip boundary conditions in two dimensions using a numerical method called deflated continuation. By combining this method with an initialization strategy based on the eigenmodes of the conducting state, we are able to discover multiple solutions to this nonlinear problem, including disconnected branches of the bifurcation diagram, without the need for any prior knowledge of the solutions. One of the disconnected branches we find contains an S-shaped curve with hysteresis, which is the origin of a flow pattern that may be related to the dynamics of flow reversals in the turbulent regime. Linear stability analysis is also performed to analyze the steady and unsteady regimes of the solutions in the parameter space and to characterise the type of instabilities.
Date Issued
2022-05
Date Acceptance
2022-04-22
Citation
Physical review E (statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics), 2022, 105 (5)
ISSN
2470-0045
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical review E (statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics)
Volume
105
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
©2022 American Physical Society
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35706187
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
055106
Date Publish Online
2022-05-18