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Chin. Phys. B, 2013, Vol. 22(5): 054702    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/5/054702
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Cross-diffusive effects on the onset of the double-diffusive convection in a horizontal saturated porous fluid layer heated and salted from above

Rajib Basua, G. C. Layekb
a Department of Mathematics, Nistarini College, Purulia-723101, West Bengal, India;
b Department of Mathematics, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan-713104, West Bengal, India
Abstract  Double-diffusive stationary and oscillatory instabilities at the marginal state in a saturated porous horizontal fluid layer heated and salted from above are investigated theoretically under the framework of Darcy for porous medium. The contributions of Soret and Dufour coefficients are taken into account in the analysis. Linear stability analysis shows that the critical value of the Darcy-Rayleigh number depends on cross-diffusive parameters at marginally stationary convection, while the marginal state characterized by oscillatory convection does not depend on the cross-diffusion terms even if the condition and frequency of oscillatory convection depends on the cross-diffusive parameters. The critical value of the Darcy-Rayleigh number increases with increasing value of the solutal Darcy-Rayleigh number in the absence of cross-diffusive parameters. The critical Darcy-Rayleigh number decreases with increasing Soret number, resulting in destabilization of the system, while its value increases with increasing Dufour number, resulting in stabilization of the system at the marginal state characterized by stationary convection. The analysis reveals that the Dufour and Soret parameters as well as the porosity parameter play an important role in deciding the type of instability at the onset. This analysis also indicates that the stationary convection is followed by the oscillatory convection for certain fluid mixtures. It is interesting to note that the roles of cross-diffusive parameters on the double-diffusive system heated and salted from above are reciprocal to the double-diffusive system heated and salted from below.
Keywords:  double-diffusive convection      porous media      Soret and Dufour effects      linear stability analysis  
Received:  09 July 2012      Revised:  23 November 2012      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  47.55.pd (Multidiffusive convection)  
  47.56.+r (Flows through porous media)  
Corresponding Authors:  G. C. Layek     E-mail:  goralayek@yahoo.com

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Rajib Basu, G. C. Layek Cross-diffusive effects on the onset of the double-diffusive convection in a horizontal saturated porous fluid layer heated and salted from above 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 054702

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