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Hexagons, Kinks and Disorder in Oscillated Granular Layers
Francisco Melo, Paul Umbanhowar, Harry L. Swinney
Experiments on vertically oscillated granular layers in an evacuated container reveal a sequence of well-defined pattern bifurcations as the container acceleration is increased. Pe…
Onset of Surface-Tension-Driven Benard Convection
Michael F. Schatz, Stephen J. VanHook, William D. McCormick +2
Experiments with shadowgraph visualization reveal a subcritical transition to a hexagonal convection pattern in thin liquid layers that have a free upper surface and are heated fro…
Long-Wavelength Instability in Surface-Tension-Driven Benard Convection
Stephen J. Vanhook, Michael F. Schatz, William D. McCormick +2
Laboratory studies reveal a deformational instability that leads to a drained region (dry spot) in an initially flat liquid layer (with a free upper surface) heated uniformly from…