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Phys. Rev. E 56, 4897 - 4898 (1997)

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

Received 10 February 1997

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.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v56/p4897
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.4897
PACS: 47.20.Dr, 47.20.Bp, 44.90.+c

See Also

Original: Leo M. Rabin, Instability threshold in the Bénard-Marangoni problem, Phys. Rev. E 53, R2057 (1996)

Comment: A. Thess, Comment I on “Instability threshold in the Bénard-Marangoni problem”, Phys. Rev. E 56, 4896 (1997)

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