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Numerical Experiments in Double-Diffusive Convection

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We present and discuss some numerical experiments in double-diffusive convection where a layer of fluid, stably stratified by concentration, is subject to heating. By considering first the case where the fluid is heated from below we justify the need of highly accurate numerical approximations, like spectral methods. The spectral Chebyshev method for solving the equations governing the motion of a double-diffusive fluid is then briefly described. Finally, the case where the fluid is laterally heated is discussed in more details. In particular, the formation of convective layers followed by the merging of some of them is discussed from the numerical results.

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Peyret, R., Vanel, J.M. (1995). Numerical Experiments in Double-Diffusive Convection. In: Leutloff, D., Srivastava, R.C. (eds) Computational Fluid Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79440-7_3

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