Double-diffusive convection in a Darcy porous medium saturated with a couple-stress fluid

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 035502 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S Malashetty ◽  
Dulal Pal ◽  
Premila Kollur
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Double Diffusive

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.

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.

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