Comment I on 'Instability threshold in the Benard-Marangoni problem'

摘要

The mathematical content of the linear stability study [L. E. Rabin, Phys. Rev. E 53, R2057 (1996)] duplicates the early work of Pearson [J. Fluid Mech. 4, 489 (1958)] and Nield [J. Fluid Mech, 19, 34 (1963)]. It is shown that the physical conclusions reflect only a redefinition of the Marangoni number.