Publications [#245442] of Robert P. Behringer
Papers Published
- Behringer, RP; Ahlers, G, Heat transport and critical slowing down near the Rayleigh-Bénard instability in cylindrical containers,
Physics Letters A, vol. 62 no. 5
(September, 1977),
pp. 329-331, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0375-9601 [doi]
(last updated on 2019/02/20)Abstract:
Measurements of heat transport across layers of liquid He I heated from below show a sharp transition to fluid flow at the gravitationally driven Rayleigh-Bénard instability. The effective thermal conductivity of the convecting fluid is found to be a linear function of the reduced Rayleigh number (R - Rc)/Rcand to have a slope which agrees with calculations. Critical slowing down near Rcis measured and found to be in excellent agreement with theory. © 1977.