Electrothermoconvective instability in a heat generating dielectric fluid layer

摘要: Abstract The combined effects of vertical d.c. electric field and uniform internal heat generation on the onset convection in a horizontal poorly conducting dielectric fluid layer heated uniformly from below are investigated. Galerkin method is used to solve resulting eigenvalue problem. Parametric study conducted know varying Rayleigh number, Re dimensionless source strength, Ns. It found that these two parameters exhibit dual effect natural convection; result noticed contrast their when they acting isolation.