Infinite period bifurcation due to imperfections in rotating thermal convection

A pinning area is a band of finite width where rotating waves with precession frequences near zero turn into steady non-axisymmetric solutions. Dynamical systems theory suggests that any imperfection breaking the SO(2) invariance of a problem must result in the formation of such a region. Numerical...

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Autor: López Alonso, Jose Manuel
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099.1/12666
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/12666
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Differentiable dynamical systems
Bifurcations
Dynamical systems theory
Rotating convection
Imperfections
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Equacions diferencials i integrals::Sistemes dinàmics
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Sumario:A pinning area is a band of finite width where rotating waves with precession frequences near zero turn into steady non-axisymmetric solutions. Dynamical systems theory suggests that any imperfection breaking the SO(2) invariance of a problem must result in the formation of such a region. Numerical simulations of rotating convection in a finite cylinder have been made breaking the symmetry by imposing a linear profile of temperature at the top lid in order to find the aforementioned steady solutions region.