The effects of temperature-dependent viscosity and the instabilities in convection rolls of a layer of fluid-saturated porous medium

1989 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 497-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Or
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Horizontal Layer ◽  
Finite Amplitude ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

Convection of two-dimensional rolls in an infinite horizontal layer of fluid-saturated porous medium heated from below is studied numerically. Several important finite-amplitude states are isolated, and their bifurcation properties are shown. Effects of the temperature-dependent viscosity are included. The stability of these states is investigated with respect to the class of disturbances that have a ½π phase shift relative to the basic state. In particular, the oscillatory mechanism and the mean-flow generating mechanism through the variable viscosity are discussed.

Onset of convection in a variable-viscosity fluid

1982 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 411-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl C. Stengel ◽  
Dean S. Oliver ◽  
John R. Booker
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Viscosity Ratio ◽  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Horizontal Layer ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

The Rayleigh number R, in a horizontal layer with temperature-dependent viscosity can be based on the viscosity at T0, the mean of the boundary temperatures. The critical Rayleigh number Roc for fluids with exponential and super-exponential viscosity variation is nearly constant at low values of the ratio of the viscosities at the top and bottom boundaries; increases at moderate values of the viscosity ratio, reaching a maximum at a ratio of about 3000, and then decreases. This behaviour is explained by a simple physical argument based on the idea that convection begins first in the sublayer with maximum Rayleigh number. The prediction of Palm (1960) that certain types of temperature-dependent viscosity always decrease Roc is confirmed by numerical results but is not relevant to the viscosity variations typical of real liquids. The infinitesimal-amplitude state assumed by linear theory in calculating Roc does not exist because the convection jumps immediately to a finite amplitude at R0c. We observe a heat-flux jump at R0c exceeding 10% when the viscosity ratio exceeds 150. However, experimental measurements of R0c for glycerol up to a viscosity ratio of 3400 are in good agreement with the numerical predictions when the effects of a temperature-dependent expansion coefficient and thermal diffusivity are included.

Elastic Effects on Rayleigh-Be´nard-Marangoni Convection in Liquids With Temperature-Dependent Viscosity

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. Sekhar ◽  
G. Jayalatha
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Relaxation Parameter ◽  
Oscillatory Convection ◽  
Tight Coupling ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Viscoelastic Liquids ◽  
Retardation Parameter

A linear stability analysis of convection in viscoelastic liquids with temperature-dependent viscosity is studied using normal modes and Galerkin method. Stationary convection is shown to be the preferred mode of instability when the ratio of strain retardation parameter to stress relaxation parameter (elasticity ratio) is greater than unity. When the ratio is less than unity the possibility of oscillatory convection is shown to arise. Oscillatory convection is studied numerically for Rivlin-Ericksen, Walters B′, Maxwell and Jeffreys liquids by considering free-free and rigid-free isothermal/adiabatic boundaries. It is found that there is a tight coupling between the Rayleigh and Marangoni numbers, with an increase in one resulting in a decrease in the other. The effect of variable viscosity parameter is shown to destabilize the system. The problem reveals the stabilizing nature of strain retardation parameter and destabilizing nature of stress relaxation parameter, on the onset of convection. The Maxwell liquids are found to be more unstable than the one subscribing to Jeffreys description whereas the Rivlin-Ericksen and Walters B′ liquids are comparatively more stable. Rigid-free adiabatic boundary combination is found to give rise to a most stable system, whereas the free isothermal free adiabatic combination gives rise to a most unstable system. The problem has applications in non-isothermal systems having viscoelastic liquids as working media.

Flow of a Third Grade Fluid between Coaxial Cylinders with Variable Viscosity

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 588-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Y. Malik ◽  
Azad Hussain ◽  
Sohail Nadeem ◽  
Tasawar Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
Third Grade Fluid ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Coaxial Cylinders ◽  
Homotopy Analysis ◽  
Grade Fluid ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

The influence of temperature dependent viscosity on the flow of a third grade fluid between two coaxial cylinders is carried out. The heat transfer analysis is further analyzed. Homotopy analysis method is employed in finding the series solutions. The effects of pertinent parameters have been explored by plotting graphs.

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