Journal article
Neutron Scattering Study of Transitions to Convection and Turbulence in Nematic Para-Azoxyanisole
The critical temperature gradients for the onset of convection and turbulence were measured in nematic para-azoxyanisole. The transition to turbulence was found to occur through two successive instabilities. The first of these clearly signals the entrance to a periodic-motion regime, and the second, although less clearly, to a regime with nonperiodic, time-dependent motion.
A typical phase-transition behavior was observed at the transitions to turbulence.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1975 |
Pages: | 996-999 |
ISSN: | 10797114 and 00319007 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.996 |