On the Nature of the Rayleigh–Bénard Convective Instability

E. V. Radkevich^a^*, E. A. Lukashev^b, N. N. Yakovlev^b, and O. A. Vasil’eva^c
Translated by I. Ruzanova

^aFaculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia

^bTuraerv Machine-Constructing Design Bureau “Soyuz,” Lytkarino, Moscow oblast, Russia

^cMoscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow, 129337 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: evrad07@gmail.com

Received 27 March, 2017

Abstract—The initial stage of the Rayleigh–Bénard convective instability regarded as a nonequilibrium phase transition is reconstructed. Its mechanism is based on spinodal decomposition (diffusion separation).

DOI: 10.1134/S1064562417040317