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The model system of ordinary differential equations [1, 2] governing the behavior of a non-uniformly heated fluid in a tilted cavity is used for studying the stability of steady regimes of thermal convection at arbitrary (not small) tilting of the rectangular cavity. The bifurcation curve is constructed, which separates the region of parameters (the Rayleigh number — the cavity tilting angle) into two regions — the internal and external ones. In the external region, the system has one stable steady solution, and in the internal region, it has three steady solutions. One of them is always unstable in a monotone way, and two others may be both stable and unstable. The neutral curves are constructed, which determine the boundaries of the incipience of the oscillatory and monotone instabilities.
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The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 07-01-96070).
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Sagitov, R.V., Sharifulin, A.N. Stability of steady thermal convection in a tilted rectangular cavity in low-mode approximation. Thermophys. Aeromech. 15, 233–241 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864308020078
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864308020078