https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510170223
Finite-size effects with rigid boundaries on nonequilibrium fluctuations in a liquid
Dpto. Física Aplicada 1, Facultad de CC. Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Corresponding author: a fiap102@sis.ucm.es
Received:
2
November
2000
Published online: 15 May 2001
In a recent publication [Physica A 291, 113 (2001)] the static
structure factor of a liquid in a thermal nonequilibrium state
was calculated exactly from the random Boussinesq
equations, in the absence of convection, for "stress-free" boundary
conditions. In the present paper we present a similar calculation,
but with the more realistic "no-slip" boundary conditions.
In this case an explicit calculation cannot be performed and we use a
zeroth-order Galerkin approximation. The main conclusion is that
the approximate structure factor thus calculated has qualitative
the same behavior as the exact result for "stress-free" boundary
conditions. The typical divergence on q-4 of the nonequilibrium
part of the structure factor crosses over to a q2 dependence for
extremely small wavevectors q. Separating both behaviors a maximum
appears indicating that fluctuations with a particular wavevector,
, are maximally enhanced.
PACS: 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion / 47.54.+r – Pattern selection; pattern formation / 78.35.+c – Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering
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