Abstract
UDC 532.5
DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1053539
The electroconvection of a weakly conducting liquid in an alternating electric field of a horizontal capacitor with hard boundary conditions is investigated on the base of a five-mode model in case of instantaneous charge relaxation. Nonlinear regimes of electroconvection are investigated. A card of regimes is constructed. Both quasi-periodic and synchronic oscillation regimes of convection are revealed. It is found that, depending on the external field frequency, the transition to chaos is realized either through quasi-periodicity or through alternation.
Keywords: electroconvection, weakly conducting liquid, transition to chaos.