Nonlinear Sciences – Pattern Formation and Solitons
Scientific paper
2001-05-02
Nonlinear Sciences
Pattern Formation and Solitons
(10 pages, 6 figures)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.154501
The origin of the power-law decay measured in the power spectra of low Prandtl number Rayleigh-Benard convection near the onset of chaos is addressed using long time numerical simulations of the three-dimensional Boussinesq equations in cylindrical domains. The power-law is found to arise from quasi-discontinuous changes in the slope of the time series of the heat transport associated with the nucleation of dislocation pairs and roll pinch-off events. For larger frequencies, the power spectra decay exponentially as expected for time continuous deterministic dynamics.
Cross M. C.
Fischer Paul F.
Greenside Henry S.
Paul Mark R.
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