Onset of convection in a couple-stress fluid-saturated porous medium: effects of non-uniform temperature gradients

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 949-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Shivakumara
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Uniform Temperature ◽  
Medium Effects ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

scholarly journals Magneto-rotatory compressible couple-stress fluid heated from below in porous medium

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Chander Bhan Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Medium Permeability ◽  
Effects Of Rotation ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract The study is aimed at analysing thermal convection in a compressible couple stress fluid in a porous medium in the presence of rotation and magnetic field. After linearizing the relevant equations, the perturbation equations are analysed in terms of normal modes. A dispersion relation governing the effects of rotation, magnetic field, couple stress parameter and medium permeability have been examined. For a stationary convection, the rotation postpones the onset of convection in a couple stress fluid heated from below in a porous medium in the presence of a magnetic field. Whereas, the magnetic field and couple stress postpones and hastens the onset of convection in the presence of rotation and the medium permeability hastens and postpones the onset of convection with conditions on Taylor number. Further the oscillatory modes are introduced due to the presence of rotation and the magnetic field which were non-existent in their absence, and hence the principle of exchange stands valid. The sufficient conditions for nonexistence of over stability are also obtained.

Double-Diffusive Magneto Convection in a Compressible Couple-Stress Fluid Through Porous Medium

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardeep Kumar ◽  
Hari Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Linearized Stability ◽  
Medium Permeability ◽  
Solute Gradient ◽  
Double Diffusive

The double-diffusive convection in a compressible couple-stress fluid layer heated and soluted from below through porous medium is considered in the presence of a uniform vertical magnetic field. Following the linearized stability theory and normal mode analysis, the dispersion relation is obtained. For stationary convection, the compressibility, stable solute gradient, magnetic field, and couple-stress postpone the onset of convection whereas medium permeability hastens the onset of convection. Graphs have been plotted by giving numerical values to the parameters to depict the stability characteristics. The stable solute gradient and magnetic field introduce oscillatory modes in the system, which were non-existent in their absence. A condition for the system to be stable is obtained by using the Rayleigh-Ritz inequality. The sufficient conditions for the non-existence of overstability are also obtained.

scholarly journals Stability Analysis and Internal Heating Effect on Oscillatory Convection in a Viscoelastic Fluid Saturated Porous Medium Under Gravity Modulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.S. Bhadauria ◽  
M.K. Singh ◽  
A. Singh ◽  
B.K. Singh ◽  
P. Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Landau Equation ◽  
Power Series Expansion ◽  
Gravity Modulation ◽  
Internal Heating ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

Abstract In this paper, we investigate the combined effect of internal heating and time periodic gravity modulation in a viscoelastic fluid saturated porous medium by reducing the problem into a complex non-autonomous Ginzgburg-Landau equation. Weak nonlinear stability analysis has been performed by using power series expansion in terms of the amplitude of gravity modulation, which is assumed to be small. The Nusselt number is obtained in terms of the amplitude for oscillatory mode of convection. The influence of viscoelastic parameters on heat transfer has been discussed. Gravity modulation is found to have a destabilizing effect at low frequencies and a stabilizing effect at high frequencies. Finally, it is found that overstability advances the onset of convection, more with internal heating. The conditions for which the complex Ginzgburg-Landau equation undergoes Hopf bifurcation and the amplitude equation undergoes supercritical pitchfork bifurcation are studied.

Combined Effect of Temperature Modulation and Magnetic Field on the Onset of Convection in an Electrically Conducting-Fluid-Saturated Porous Medium

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Bhadauria
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Temperature Modulation ◽  
Vertical Magnetic Field ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Electrically Conducting Fluid ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

The effect of temperature modulation on the onset of thermal convection in an electrically conducting fluid-saturated-porous medium, heated from below, has been studied using linear stability analysis. The amplitudes of temperature modulation at the lower and upper surfaces are considered to be very small. The porous medium is confined between two horizontal walls and subjected to a vertical magnetic field; flow in porous medium is characterized by Brinkman–Darcy model. Considering only infinitesimal disturbances, and using perturbation procedure, the combined effect of temperature modulation and vertical magnetic field on thermal instability has been studied. The correction in the critical Rayleigh number is calculated as a function of frequency of modulation, Darcy number, Darcy Chandrasekhar number, magnetic Prandtl number, and the nondimensional group number χ. The influence of the magnetic field is found to be stabilizing. Furthermore, it is also found that the onset of convection can be advanced or delayed by proper tuning of the frequency of modulation. The results of the present model have been compared with that of Darcy model.

scholarly journals Global Stability For Double-Diffusive Convection In A Couple-Stress Fluid Saturating A Porous Medium

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Shalu Choudhary ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Linear Instability ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Brinkman Number ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Instability Theory ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Solute Gradient ◽  
Double Diffusive

Abstract We show that the global non-linear stability threshold for convection in a double-diffusive couple-stress fluid saturating a porous medium is exactly the same as the linear instability boundary. The optimal result is important because it shows that linearized instability theory has captured completely the physics of the onset of convection. It is also found that couple-stress fluid saturating a porous medium is thermally more stable than the ordinary viscous fluid, and the effects of couple-stress parameter (F ) , solute gradient ( S f ) and Brinkman number ( D a ) on the onset of convection is also analyzed.

scholarly journals Double-Diffusive Convection of Synovial (Couple-Stress) Fluid in the Presence of Hall Current Through a Porous Medium

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 963-976
Author(s):  
M. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Synovial Fluid ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Hall Current ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Double Diffusive

Abstract An investigation made on the effect of Hall currents on double-diffusive convection of a compressible synovial (couple-stress) fluid in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field through a porous layer is considered. The analysis is carried out within the framework of linear stability theory and normal mode technique. A dispersion relation governing the effects of viscoelasticity, compressibility, magnetic field and porous layer is derived. For the stationary convection, a synovial fluid behaves like an ordinary Newtonian fluid due to the vanishing of the viscoelastic parameter. The stable-solute gradient, compressibility, and magnetic field have postponed the onset of convection, whereas Hall currents and medium permeability have not postponed the onset of convection, moreover, a synovial fluid has a dual character in the presence of Hall currents, whereas in the absence of Hall current in synovial fluid have postponed the onset of convection, which is in contrast in case of thermal convection couple-stress fluid with same effects. These analytic results are confirmed numerically and the effects of various parameters are depicted graphically. It has been observed that oscillatory modes are introduced due to the presence of viscoelasticity, magnetic field, porous medium and Hall currents which were non- existent in their absence. The sufficient conditions for the non-existence of overstability are also obtained.

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