Title page for E-project-042705-141212

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2005-04-27

Author
David James LeRay, III, ME

URN E-project-042705-141212

Title Bifurcations in Rayleigh-Benard Convection

Advisors
Walker, Homer F, MA
Farr, William W, MA
Fehribach, Joseph D., MA

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Rayleigh-Benard convection is a particular type of thermal convection problem. The first step in the project was writing computer code to find computational solutions, using algorithms from numerical analysis. Analytical results from the literature were used to verify these computations. Linear stability analysis was then used to get an overview of system behavior. Finally, bifurcations were tracked computationally to develop an understanding of the system as the two main system parameters, Rayleigh number and aspect-ratio, were varied.

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2005-04-27
Author	David James LeRay, III, ME
URN	E-project-042705-141212
Title	Bifurcations in Rayleigh-Benard Convection
Advisors	Walker, Homer F, MA Farr, William W, MA Fehribach, Joseph D., MA
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Rayleigh-Benard convection is a particular type of thermal convection problem. The first step in the project was writing computer code to find computational solutions, using algorithms from numerical analysis. Analytical results from the literature were used to verify these computations. Linear stability analysis was then used to get an overview of system behavior. Finally, bifurcations were tracked computationally to develop an understanding of the system as the two main system parameters, Rayleigh number and aspect-ratio, were varied.
Files	main.pdf