PHYSICS LETTERS A, vol.356, no.3, pp.189-194, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
The planar natural convection of an incompressible fluid in a porous medium is considered. We study the selection of steady states under temperature perturbations on the boundary. A selection map is introduced in order to analyze the selection of a steady state from a continuous family of equilibria which exists under zero boundary conditions. The results of finite-difference modeling for a rectangular enclosure are presented. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.