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.

Magnetofluidconvection in a Rotating Porous Layer Under Modulated Temperature on the Boundaries

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (7) ◽  
pp. 835-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Bhadauria
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Fluid Layer ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Temperature Modulation ◽  
Brinkman Model ◽  
Vertical Magnetic Field

Thermal instability in an electrically conducting fluid saturated porous medium, confined between two horizontal walls, has been investigated in the presence of an applied vertical magnetic field and rotation, using the Brinkman model. The temperature gradient between the walls of the fluid layer consists of a steady part and a time-dependent oscillatory part. Only infinitesimal disturbances are considered. The combined effect of permeability, rotation, vertical magnetic field, and temperature modulation has been investigated using Galerkin’s method and Floquet theory. The value of the critical Rayleigh number is calculated as function of amplitude and frequency of modulation, Chandrasekhar number, Taylor number, porous parameter, Prandtl number, and magnetic Prandtl number. It is found that rotation, magnetic field, and porous medium all have a stabilizing influence on the onset of thermal instability. Further, it is also found that it is possible to advance or delay the onset of convection by proper tuning of the frequency of modulation of the walls’ temperature. In addition the results corresponding to the Brinkman model and Darcy model have been compared for neutral instability.

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.

scholarly journals Effects of Magnetic Field and Non-Uniform Basic Temperature Gradient

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
S. Pranesh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Fluid Layer ◽  
Suspended Particles ◽  
Conducting Fluid ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Uniform Temperature ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Electrically Conducting Fluid

The effects of a non-uniform temperature gradient and magnetic field on the onset of convection in a horizontal layer of Boussinesq fluid with suspended particles confined between an upper free/adiabatic boundary and a lower rigid/isothermal boundary have been considered. A linear stability analysis is performed. The microrotation is assumed to vanish at the boundaries. The Galerkin technique is used to obtain the Eigen values. The influence of various parameters on the onset of convection has been analysed. Six different non-uniform temperature profiles are considered and their comparative influence on onset is discussed. It is observed that the electrically conducting fluid layer with suspended particles heated from below is more stable compared to the classical electrically conducting fluid without Suspended particles. The critical wave number is found to be insensitive to the changes in the parameters but sensitive to the changes in the Chandrasekhar number.

scholarly journals Weakly Nonlinear Oscillatory Convection in a Viscoelastic Fluid Saturated Porous Medium with Throughflow and Temperature Modulation

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 635-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kiran ◽  
Y. Narasimhulu ◽  
S.H. Manjula
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Landau Equation ◽  
Oscillatory Mode ◽  
Stationary Mode ◽  
Temperature Modulation ◽  
Through Flow ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

Abstract The effect of vertical throughfow and temperature modulation on a viscoelastic fluid saturated porous medium has been investigated. The amplitudes of temperature modulation at the lower and upper surfaces are considered to be very small and the disturbances are expanded in terms of power series of amplitude of convection. A weak nonlinear stability analysis has been performed for the oscillatory mode of convection, and heat transport in terms of the Nusselt number, which is governed by the non autonomous complex Ginzburg- Landau equation, is calculated. The effect of vertical through flow is found to stabilize the system irrespective of the direction of through flow in the case of permeable boundary conditions. The time relaxation has a destabilizing effect, while the time retardation parameter has a stabilizing effect on the system. The effects of amplitude and frequency of modulation on heat transport have been analyzed and depicted graphically. The study shows that the heat transport can be controlled effectively by a mechanism that is external to the system. Further, it is also found that heat transfer is more in oscillatory mode of convection rather than in stationary mode of convection.

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