https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02081-6
Review
Localized structures in convective experiments
Depto. Física y Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
a e-mail: hmancini@unav.es
Received: 11 September 2013
Revised: 25 November 2013
Published online: 23 January 2014
In this work we review localized structures appearing in thermo-convective experiments performed in extended (large “aspect ratio”) fluid layers. After a brief general review (not exhaustive), we focus on some results obtained in pure fluids in a Bénard-Marangoni system with non-homogeneous heating where some structures of this kind appear. The experimental results are compared in reference to the most classical observed in binary mixtures experiments or simulations. In the Bénard-Marangoni experiment we present the stability diagram where localized structures appear and the typical situations where these local mechanisms have been studied experimentally. Some new experimental results are also included. The authors want to honor Prof. H. Brand in his 60th. birthday and to thank him for helpful discussions.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2014
