| Abstract: | The vibrational thermal convection in a cavity executing high-frequency rocking motions is investigated. The equations of vibrational convection are obtained by the method of averaging. It is shown that rocking motions lead to some new and distinctive effects. The convective stability in a plane layer in the presence of such vibrations is investigated on the basis of the obtained equations. A comparison with known experimental data is made. The results of experiments confirm the theoretical conclusions drawn on the basis of the averaged equations of vibrational convection.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 138–144, May–June, 1988.I thank E. M. Zhukhovitskii for helpful discussion. |
