Abstract: | The linear stability of convective flow in a layer between large masses with arbitrary thermal properties is investigated. When the thermal conductivities of the liquid and the masses are commensurable, the stability problem must be solved in the coupled formulation with allowance for the penetration of the temperature perturbations into the masses.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 18–22, July–August, 1989.The author is grateful to G. Z. Gershuni for his constant interest. |