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Lloyd, David J. B. ; Gollwitzer, Christian ; Rehberg, Ingo ; Richter, Reinhard:
Homoclinic snaking near the surface instability of a polarisable fluid.
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Vol. 783
(2015)
.
- pp. 283-305.
ISSN 0022-1120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.565
Abstract in another language
We report on localised patches of cellular hexagons observed on the surface of a magnetic fluid in a vertical magnetic field. These patches are spontaneously generated by jumping into the neighbourhood of the unstable branch of the domain-covering hexagons of the Rosensweig instability upon which the patches equilibrate and stabilise. They are found to coexist in intervals of the applied magnetic field strength parameter around this branch. We formulate a general energy functional for the system and a corresponding Hamiltonian that provide a pattern selection principle allowing us to compute Maxwell points (where the energy of a single hexagon cell lies in the same Hamiltonian level set as the flat state) for general magnetic permeabilities. Using numerical continuation techniques, we investigate the existence of localised hexagons in the Young–Laplace equation coupled to the Maxwell equations. We find that cellular hexagons possess a Maxwell point, providing an energetic explanation for the multitude of measured hexagon patches. Furthermore, it is found that planar hexagon fronts and hexagon patches undergo homoclinic snaking, corroborating the experimentally detected intervals. Besides making a contribution to the specific area of ferrofluids, our work paves the ground for a deeper understanding of homoclinic snaking of two-dimensional localised patches of cellular patterns in many physical systems.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Former Professors Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics V Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Former Professors > Chair Experimental Physics V - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingo Rehberg Profile Fields Profile Fields > Advanced Fields Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Nonlinear Dynamics |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2018 10:09 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2021 10:44 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/42910 |