Abstract
The convective instability of a horizontal layer of viscoelastic liquid during heating from below has been examined. Critical values of the Rayleigh numbers for two forms of limiting conditions have been determined.
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S. M. Kirov Kazansk Chemicotechnological Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 331–335, March–April, 1976.
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Garifullin, F.A. Thermal instability of a horizontal layer of viscoelastic liquid. Polymer Mechanics 12, 286–290 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00856467
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00856467