Comment II on “Instability threshold in the Bénard-Marangoni problem”

Stephen J. VanHook and J. B. Swift
Phys. Rev. E 56, 4897 – Published 1 October 1997
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Abstract

The classical theory of surface-tension-driven convection by Pearson [J. Fluid Mech. 4, 489 (1958)] has been challenged by Rabin [Phys. Rev. E 53, R2057 (1996)] on the grounds that Pearson used an improper thermal boundary condition at the upper surface of the liquid. We show that Pearson’s theory is correct.

  • Received 10 February 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.56.4897

©1997 American Physical Society

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Stephen J. VanHook and J. B. Swift

  • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

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Original Article

Instability threshold in the Bénard-Marangoni problem

Leo M. Rabin
Phys. Rev. E 53, R2057(R) (1996)

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Vol. 56, Iss. 4 — October 1997

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