Table Of ContentSpringer Series in Synergetics
Editor: Hermann Haken
Synergetics, an interdisciplinary field of research, is concerned with the cooper
ation of individual parts of a system that produces macroscopic spatial, temporal
or functional structures. It deals with deterministic as well as stochastic processes.
1 Synergetics An Introduction 3rd Edition 24 Chaos and Statistical Methods
By H. Haken Editor: Y. Kuramoto
2 Synergetics A Workshop
25 Dynamics of Hierarchical Systems
Editor: H. Haken
An Evolutionary Approach By 1.S. Nicolis
3 Synergetics Far from Equilibrium
Editors: A. Pacault. e. Vidal 26 Self-Organization and Management of
Social Systems
4 Structnral Stability in Physics
Editors: H. Ulrich, G.l.B. Probst
Editors: W. Giittinger, H. Eikemeier
5 Pattern Formation by Dynamic Systems and 27 Non-Eqnilibrium Dynamics in Chemical
Pattern Recognition Editor: H. Haken Systems Editors: e. Vidal, A. Pacault
6 Dynamics of Synergetic Systems
28 Self-Organization Autowaves and Structures
Editor: H. Haken
Far from Equilibrium Editor: V. I. Krinsky
7 Problems of Biological Physics
By L. A. Blumenfeld . 29 Temporal Order
8 Stochastic Nonlinear Systems Editors: L. Rensing, N. I. Iaeger
in Physics. Chemistry. and Biology 30 Dynamical Problems in Soliton Systems
Editors: L. Arnold. R. Lefever Editor: S. Takeno
9 Nnmerical Methods in the Stndy of Critical
31 Complex Systems - Operational Approaches
Phenomena Editors: J. Della Dora.
in Neurobiology, Physics, and Computers
1. Demongeot. B. Lacolle
Editor: H. Haken
10 The Kinetic Theory of Electromagnetic
Processes By Yu. L. Klimontovich 32 Dimensions and Entropies in Chaotic Systems
11 Chaos and Order in Nature Quantification of Complex Behavior
Editor: H. Haken Editor: G. Mayer-Kress
12 Nonlinear Phenomena in Chemical Dynamics 33 Selforganization by Nonlinear Irreversible
Editors: C. Vidal, A. Pacault Processes Editors: W. Ebeling, H. Ulbricht
13 Handbook of Stochastic Methods
34 Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics
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2nd Edition By e. W. Gardiner
14 Concepts and Models of a Quantitative 35 Noneqnilibrium Phase Thansitions in
Sociology The Dynamics of Interacting Semiconductors Self-Organization Induced by
Populations By W. Weidlich. G. Haag Generation and Recombination Processes
15 Noise-Induced Transitions Theory and By E. Scholl
Applications in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
36 Temporal Disorder in Human
By W. Horsthemke, R. Lefever
Oscillatory Systems
16 Physics of Bioenergetic Processes Editors: L. Rensing, U. an der Heiden,
By L. A. Blumenfeld M.e. Mackey
17 Evolntion of Order and Chaos in Physics.
Chemistry. and Biology Editor H. Haken 37 The Physics of Structure Formation
Theory and Simulation
18 The Fokker-Planck Equation
Editors: W. Giittinger and G. Dangelmayr
By H. Risken
19 Chemical Oscillations, Waves, and Turbulence 38 Computational Systems - Natural and
By Y. Kuramoto Artificial Editor: H. Haken
20 Advanced Synergetics 2nd Edition 39 From Chemical to Biological Organization
By H. Haken Editors: M. Markus, S. e. Miiller, G. Nicolis
21 Stochastic Phenomena and Chaotic Behavionr
in Complex Systems Editor: P. Schuster 40 Information and Self-Organization
A Macroscopic Approach to Complex Systems
22 Synergetics - From Microscopic to Macroscopic
ByH. Haken
Order Editor: E. Frehland
23 Synergetics of the Brain 41 Propagation in Systems Far from Eqnilibrium
Editors: E. Ba~ar. H. Flohr. H. Haken. Editors: J.E. Wesfreid, H.R. Brand,
A.l. Mandell P. Manneville, G. Albinet, N. Boccara
Propagation in
Systems Far from
Equilibrium
Proceedings of the Workshop,
Les Houches, France, March 10-18, 1987
Editors: J. E. Wesfreid, H. R. Brand,
P. Manneville, G. Albinet, and N. Boccara
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Dr. Paul Manneville
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Centre de Physique Theorique, F-7431O Les Houches, France
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Preface
Macroscopic physics provides us with a broad variety of pattern-forming sys
tems displaying propagation phenomena, from reactive fronts in combustion
to wavy structures in convection or shear flow instabilities in hydrodynamics.
Recent progress recorded in this rapidly expanding field calls for a compari
son and possibly a unification of the different approaches followed. This was
the aim of the international workshop on "Propagation in Nonequilibrium
Systems" held at the Centre de Physique Theorique des Houches (France),
March 10-18, 1987.
This workshop brought together physicists working on pattern formation
in systems far from equilibrium, applied mathematicians working on nonlin
ear dynamics involving spatial degrees of freedom,and specialists from fluid
dynamics working on open flow systems.
The lectures and contributions that were presented were organized around
three themes:
1) The problems of velocity selection and front morphology of propagating in
terfaces in multiphase media, with emphasis on recent theoretical (mathemat
ical) and experimental results on dendritic crystal growth, Saffman-Taylor
fingering, directional solidification and chemical waves.
2) The "unfolding" of large-scale, low-frequency behavior in weakly confined
homogeneous systems driven far from equilibrium, and more specifically, the
approach using envelopes for the mathematical description of textures in
different cases: steady cells, propagating waves, structural defects, phase in
stabilities; with a discussion of its concrete implementation and relevance to
laboratory experiments.
3) The implications of the presence of global downstream transport in open
flows for the nature, convective or absolute, of shear flow instabilities, with
application to real boundary layer flows or shear layers, as reported in contri
butions covering experimental situations of fundamental and/or engineering
interest.
We would like to thank all the lecturers and participants, as well as the
other members of the Organizing Committee and the staff of the Centre de
Physique Theorique, who contributed to the success of this workshop.
Financial support from the CNRS, the Universite de Provence, and the
DRET is gratefully acknowledged.
Paris, Essen J.E. Wesfreid, H.R. Brand
Gif-sur-Yvette, Marseille P. Manneville, G. Albinet
Les Houches, April 1988 N. Boccara
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Contents
Part I Introduction
Propagation in Systems Far from Equilibrium: Introduction and
Overview
By P. Manneville, H.R. Brand, and J .E. Wesfreid .............. 2
Part II Interfaces and Fronts
Dendritic Crystal Growth: Recent Progress and Current Issues
By D.A. Kessler and H. Levine (With 4 Figures) .............. 14
Velocity Selection for Needle Crystals in the 2-D One-Sided Model
By C. Misbah ........................................ 28
The Problem of Directional Solidification Revisited
By M. Ben Amar, T. Dombre, and V. Hakim (With 3 Figures) 35
Cellular Instabilities in Directional Solidification
By S. de Cheveigne and C. Guthmann (With 7 Figures) ......... 44
Cellular and Dendritic Fronts in Directional Solidification:
Experiments by the Light of Pattern Selection
By B. Billia, H. Jamgotchian, and L.Capella (With 6 Figures) 50
On the Analogy of Anomalous Viscous Fingers with Crystalline
Dendrites
By Y. Couder (With 7 Figures) ........................... 63
Diffuse Interfaces
By P. Clavin (With 5 Figures) ............................ 78
Part III Chemical Waves
Chemical Waves and Periodic Precipitation Processes
By J. Ross (With 5 Figures) ............................. 90
Wave Propagation in Chemical Nonequilibrium Systems: New
Experimental Results
By Z. Nagy-Ungvarai and S.C. Miiller (With 13 Figures) ........ 100
VII
Spatio-Temporal Phase Patterns Near a Hopf Bifurcation in 2D
Systems
By D. Walgraef (With 4 Figures) .......................... 112
Part IV Envelope Equations and Localized Excitations
The Dynamics of Patterns: A Survey
By A.C. Newell (With 11 Figures) ......................... 122
Phase Turbulence and Mean Flow Effects in Rayleigh-Benard
Convection
By A. Pocheau (With 7 Figures) .......................... 156
Defects in Waves
By L. Gil and J. Lega (With 11 Figures) .................... 164
Propagative Structures and Localization in the Convection of a Liquid
Crystal
By A. Joets and R. Ribotta (With 6 Figures) ................. 176
Dynamics of Codimension-One Defects
By P. Coullet, C. Elphick, and D. Repaux (With 3 Figures) 185
Localized Instabilites and Nucleation of Dislocations in Convective
Rolls
By X.D. Yang, A. Joets, and R. Ribotta (With 6 Figures) ...... .. 194
Part V Phase Dynamics and Pattern Selection
Phase Dynamics - A Review and a Perspective
By H.R. Brand ....................................... 206
Phase Diffusion in a Ramped Convection Channel
By I. Rehberg and F.H. Busse (With 13 Figures) .............. 225
Pattern Selection in the Benard-Marangoni Instability
By C. Perez-Garcia, P. Cerisier, and R. Occelli (With 7 Figures) ... 232
Pattern Selection in Convective Instabilities with Axial Anisotropy
By L. Kramer, W. Zimmermann, E. Bodenschatz, and W. Pesch
(With 3 Figures) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 240
Pattern Selection in Salt Fingers
By C. Normand (With 1 Figure) .......................... 250
Model Systems for Long-Scale Convection
By P. Metzener and S.H. Davis (With 2 Figures) .............. 258
The Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation: A Progress Report
By P. Manneville (With 7 Figures) ........................ 265
VIII
Part VI Propagation in Confined Systems
Two-frequency States at the Onset of Convection in Binary Fluid
Mixtures
By P. Kolodner, C.M. Surko, H.L. Williams, and A. Passner
(With 7 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 282
A Galerkin Approximation for Convection in Binary Mixtures with
Realistic Concentration Boundary Conditions
By S.J. Linz and M. Lucke (With 7 Figures) ................. 292
Convection in Binary Mixtures
By G. Ahlers, D.S. Cannell, R. Heinrichs, and T.S. Sullivan 305
Convection in Viscoelastic Fluids
By B.J.A. Zielinska (With 1 Figure) 307
An Overview of the Flow Regimes in a Circular Couette System
By C.D. Andereck and G.W. Baxter (With 7 Figures) .......... 315
New Bifurcations in a Partially Filled, Horizontal, Rotating Cylinder
By A. Aitta (With 5 Figures) ............................ 325
New Patterns in the Flow Between Two Horizontal Coaxial Rotating
Cylinders with Partially Filled Gap
By 1. Mutabazi, H. Peerhossaini, and J.E. Wesfreid (With 3 Figures) 331
Strong Resonance in Forced Oscillatory Convection
By S. Fauve ......................................... 338
Part VII Open Flow Systems
On the Absolute/Convective Nature of Primary and Secondary
Instabilities
By P. Huerre (With 13 Figures) .......................... 340
The Benard-Von Karman Instability in Laminar Regimes
By M. Provansal (With 5 Figures) ......................... 354
Nonlinear Limit-Cycle Solutions - A Rational Method for Transition
Prediction in Shear Flows?
By W. Koch (With 7 Figures) ............................ 360
Questions About an Experiment on the Wake of a Sphere in a
Stratified Fluid
By O. Thual (With 3 Figures) ............................ 369
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Three-Dimensional
Boundary-Layer Transition
By U. Dallmann et al. (With 14 Figures) .................... 378
IX
On the Instability of Laminar Boundary Layers Along Concave Walls
Towards Gortler Vortices
By V. Kottke (With 8 Figures) ........................... 390
Experimental Study of the Taylor-Gortler Instability
By H. Peerhossaini and J .E. Wesfreid (With 11 Figures) 399
Lattice Gas Hydrodynamics
By D. d'Humieres and P. Lallemand (With 3 Figures) 413
Index of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 425
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Part I
Introd uction