Thermosolutal LTNE Porous Mixed Convection Under the Influence of the Soret Effect

The effects of horizontal pressure gradient and Soret coefficient on the onset of double-diffusive convection in a fluid-saturated porous layer under the influence of local thermal nonequilibrium (LTNE) temperatures are analyzed. Darcy's law with local acceleration term, which involves the two-field temperature model describing the fluid and solid phases separately and the approximation of Oberbeck-Boussinesq, is used. The dynamics of small-amplitude perturbations on the basic mixed convection flow is studied numerically. Using the Galerkin method along with the QZ-algorithm, the eighth order eigenvalue differential equation obtained by employing linear stability analysis is solved. The solution provides the neutral stability curves and determines the threshold of linear instability, and the critical values of thermal Darcy-Rayleigh number, wave number, and the frequency at the onset of instability are determined for various values of control parameters. It is found that, rather than the stationary motion, the instability is found to be via oscillatory motion. Besides, the contribution to each parameter on stability characteristics is explored in detail, and some relevant findings have been described that have not been reported hitherto in the literature.

The Effect of Open Boundaries on the Buoyant Viscoelastic Flow in a Vertical Porous Layer

The Oldroyd–B model for a linear viscoelastic fluid is employed to investigate the buoyant flow in a vertical porous layer with permeable boundaries kept at different uniform temperatures. Seepage flow in the viscoelastic fluid saturated porous layer is modelled through an extended version of Darcy’s law taking into account the Oldroyd–B rheology. The basic stationary flow is parallel to the vertical axis and describes a single–cell vertical pattern where the cell has an infinite vertical height. A linear stability analysis of such a basic flow is carried out to determine the onset conditions for a multicellular pattern. The neutral stability curves and the values of the critical Rayleigh number are evaluated numerically for different retardation time and relaxation time characteristics of the fluid.

Anisotropy and the Onset of the Thermoconvective Instability in a Vertical Porous Layer

The thermoconvective instability of the parallel vertical flow in a fluid saturated porous layer bounded by parallel open boundaries is studied. The open boundaries are assumed to be kept at constant uniform pressure while their temperatures are uniform and different, thus forcing a horizontal temperature gradient across the layer. The anisotropic permeability of the porous layer is accounted for by assuming the principal axes to be oriented along the directions perpendicular and parallel to the layer boundaries. A linear stability analysis based on the Fourier normal modes of perturbation is carried out by testing the effect of the inclination of the normal mode wave vector to the vertical. The neutral stability curves and the critical Rayleigh number for the onset of the instability are evaluated by solving numerically the stability eigenvalue problem.

Cross Diffusion Effect on Linear and Nonlinear Double Diffusive Convection in a Viscoelastic Fluid Saturated Porous Layer with Internal Heat Source

Double diffusive convection in a binary viscoelastic fluid saturated porous layer in the presence of a cross diffusion effect and an internal heat source is studied analytically using linear and nonlinear stability analysis. The linear stability theory is based on the normal mode technique, while the nonlinear theory is based on a minimal representation of truncated double Fourier series. The modified Darcy law for the viscoelastic fluid of the Oldroyd type is considered to model the momentum equation. The onset criterion for stationary and oscillatory convection and steady heat and mass transfer have been obtained analytically using linear and nonlinear theory, respectively. The combined effect of an internal heat source and cross diffusion is investigated. The effects of Dufour, Soret, internal heat, relaxation and retardation time, Lewis number and concentration Rayleigh number on stationary, oscillatory, and heat and mass transport are depicted graphically. Heat and mass transfer are presented graphically in terms of Nusselt and Sherwood numbers, respectively. It is reported that the stationary and oscillatory convection are significantly influenced with variation of Soret and Defour parameters. An increment of the internal heat parameter has a destabilizing effect as well as enhancing the heat transfer process. On the other hand, an increment of internal heat parameter has a variable effect on mass transfer. It is found that there is a critical value for the thermal Rayleigh number, below which increasing internal heat decreases the Sherwood number, while above it increasing the internal heat increases the Sherwood number.