Journal of Physical Studies 1(2), 208–216 (1997)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.01.208 THERMAL HYDRODYNAMIC FLUCTUATIONS NEAR THE RAYLEIGH–BENARD INSTABILITY |
V. P. Lesnikov
Odessa State Polytechnic University,
Department of Physics, UA-270044, Odessa, Ukraine
The equivalence of Langevin's and Einstein's approaches for description of the thermal hydrodynamic fluctuations is shown. The erroneousness of the analogy of convective instability with phase transitions based on the use of Landau–Lifshitz fluctuating forces is pointed out.