My research centers on investigating hydrodynamic instabilities using
the methods of computational fluid dynamics and bifurcation theory.
In particular, I am interested in understanding pattern formation and
transition to turbulence in thermal convection problems and
geophysical flows. In recent years I have focused on multicomponent
mixtures with a particular emphasis on the Soret effect, which
accounts for thermally-induced diffusion. This line of research
explores how temperature and concentration gradients notably affect
heat and mass transfer processes within systems.
15- "Spatiotemporal dynamics near the onset of convection for binary mixtures in cylindrical containers"
Mercader, M.; Alonso, Arantxa; Batiste, O.
Physical review E, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics 77, 036313 (2008)
19- "Spatially localized binary-fluid convection"
Batiste, O.; Knobloch, E.; Alonso, Arantxa; Mercader, M.
Journal of fluid mechanics 560, 149-158 (2006)
20- "Continuation of travelling-wave solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations"
Mercader, M.; Batiste, O.; Alonso, Arantxa
International journal for numerical methods in fluids 52, 707-721 (2006)
21- "Complex dynamics near the threshold of convection for a water-ethanol mixture in a shallow cylinder"
Mercader, M.; Alonso, Arantxa; Batiste, O.
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 51(9), 184-184 (2006)
22- "Complex dynamical states in binary mixture convection with weak negative Soret coupling"
Alonso, Arantxa; Mercader, M.; Batiste, O.
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 51(9), 67-67 (2006)
23- "Pattern formation in binary mixture convection in cylindrical three-dimensional cells"
Mercader, M.; Batiste, O.; Alonso, Arantxa
Journal of physics: conference series 14, 180-191 (2005)
24- "Numerical analysis of binary fluid convection in extended systems"
Alonso, Arantxa; Batiste, O.; Mercader, M.
Journal of physics: conference series 14, 206-212 (2005)
25- "Numerical analysis of the Eckhaus instability in travelling-wave convection in binary mixtures"
Mercader, M.; Alonso, Arantxa; Batiste, O.
European physical journal E 15, 319-333 (2004)
26- "Hydrodynamic stability of binary mixtures in Bénard and thermogravitational cells"
Batiste, O.; Alonso, Arantxa; Mercader, M.
Journal of non-equilibrium thermdynamics 29 (4), 359-375 (2004)
27- "Onset of oscillatory binary fluid convection in three-dimensional cells"
Alonso, Arantxa; Batiste, O.
Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics 18, 239-250 (2004)
31- "On the transition to columnar convection"
Alonso, Arantxa; Net, M.
Physics of fluids. A, fluid dynamics 7, 935-940 (1995)