Interaction between buoyant and solutocapillary convections induced by a surface-active source placed under the free surface

The onset and stability of solutal (buoyancy and Marangoni) convection induced by a localized source of surface-active substance placed under an interface were studied both experimentally and theoretically. It was shown that the competition between the buoyancy and solutocapillary convection can lead to the onset of oscillatory convection. The period of the observed oscillations appreciably depends on the relation of Grashof and Marangoni numbers and on the aspect ratio of the geometrical sizes of the problem. It was found out that an increase of the buoyancy contribution leads to the onset of stationary convection instead of oscillatory one.     

On couple-stress fluid heated from below in porous medium in hydromagnetics

A layer of electrically conducting couple-stress fluid heated from below in porous medium in presence of magnetic field is considered. For stationary convection, the couplestress and magnetic field postpone the onset of convection whereas the medium permeability hastens the onset of convection. The magnetic field introduces oscillatory modes in the system which were non-existent in its absence. A sufficient condition for the non-existence of overstability is obtained.     

Realistic rotating convection in a DNA suspension

In this work we report theoretical and numerical results on convection in a viscoelastic binary mixture under rotation for realistic rigid-rigid boundary conditions. We focus our analysis in the DNA aqueous suspensions. Instability thresholds for oscillatory convection are calculated. Finally, we analyze the stabilizing effect for the onset of convection.     

Modeling the onset of thermosolutal convective instability in a non-Newtonian nanofluid-saturated porous medium layer

The onset of double-diffusive (thermosolutal) convection in horizontal porous layer saturated with an incompressible couple stress nanofluid saturated is studied with thermal conductivity and viscosity dependent on the nanoparticle volume fraction. To represent the momentum equation for porous media, a modified Darcy-Maxwell nanofluid model incorporating the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis has been used. The thermal energy equation includes regular diffusion and cross diffusion (Soret thermo-diffusion and Dufour diffuso-thermal) terms. A linear stability analysis depends on the normal mode technique and the onset criterion for stationary and oscillatory convection is derived analytically. The nonlinear theory based on the representation of the Fourier series method is applied to capture the behavior of heat and mass transfer. It is found that the couple stress parameter enhances the stability of the system in both the stationary and oscillatory convection modes. The viscosity ratio and conductivity ratio both enhance heat and mass transfer. Transient Nusselt number is found to be oscillatory when time is small. However, when time becomes very large, all the three transient Nusselt number values approach to their steady state values.     

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

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 Darcy's framework for a 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.     

液封液桥内振荡热毛细对流的三维数值模拟

为了了解微重力下液封液桥内热毛细对流的基本特性,利用有限差分法进行了非稳态三维数值模拟,液桥高为(1-3)mm,直径为2mm和3 mm,液封外直径为(4-7)mm。模拟结果表明,当Marangoni数较小时,液封液桥内的热毛细对流为稳定的轴对称运动,当Marangoni数超过某一临界值后,流动将转化为三维振荡流动;为此,确定了发生振荡的临界Marangoni数,分析了各种条件下热毛细对流的振荡特性,计算了相应的振荡频率。     

Convection in colloidal suspensions with particle-concentration-dependent viscosity

The onset of thermal convection in a horizontal layer of a colloidal suspension is investigated in terms of a continuum model for binary-fluid mixtures where the viscosity depends on the local concentration of colloidal particles. With an increasing difference between the viscosity at the warmer and the colder boundary the threshold of convection is reduced in the range of positive values of the separation ratio y \psi with the onset of stationary convection as well as in the range of negative values of y \psi with an oscillatory Hopf bifurcation. Additionally the convection rolls are shifted downwards with respect to the center of the horizontal layer for stationary convection (y \psi > 0 and upwards for the Hopf bifurcation (y \psi < 0 .     

数值分析环形池硅熔体旋转-热毛细对流及其稳定性

数值模拟了内半径20 mm、外半径40 mm、深5 mm环形池内硅熔体在旋转和热毛细力共同驱动下的热对流,通过线性稳定性分析确定了旋转-热毛细对流失稳的临界Marangoni数等临界条件。研究结果表明,液池低速旋转会降低轴对称热毛细对流的稳定性,而较高速度的旋转能增强热毛细对流的稳定性。临界条件下旋转-热毛细对流耗散结构波纹的传播方向与液池的旋转方向相同,临界周向波数随旋转速度的增加而增加。在较大的旋转速度下,液池底部出现涡胞,底部涡胞对热毛细对流的稳定性具有削弱作用。     

Marangoni instability of a liquid layer with insoluble surfactant under heat flux modulation

We investigate the parametric excitation of Marangoni convection by a periodic flux modulation in a liquid layer with insoluble surfactant absorbed on the nondeformable free surface. The stability analysis of the convective system is performed for arbitrary wave numbers of the disturbances. An interesting feature of the onset of convection is the existence of bifurcating neutral curves with double minima, one of which corresponds to a quasi-periodic solution, and the other one corresponds to a subharmonic solution. The evolution of the subharmonic instability region depending on the amplitude of the external heat flux modulation and the frequency of the modulation is studied. The quasi-periodic neutral curve is close to the oscillatory neutral curve of the nonmodulated problem.     

Aspect-ratio dependent oscillatory thermocapillary convection in the floating half zone

The dependency of the critical Marangoni number on the geometrical aspect ratio of the floating half zone is essential to predict the onset of oscillatory thermocapillary convection.The experimental studies in the microgravity conditions on floating half zones of several centimeters in diameter have predicted that the critical Marangoni number increases with the increasing aspect ratio,and the terrestrial experimental studies have predicted the contradictory conclusion for floating half zones of several mil...     

The oscillatory instability of a spatially homogeneous state in large aspect ratio systems of fluid dynamics

We derive the generalized Ginzburg-Landau equation for the case of an oscillatory instability of a spatially homogeneous state in systems whose geometry is characterized by two entirely different length scales. This evolution equation is applied to describe the spatio-temporal behaviour of the onset of convection in binary fluid mixtures in large aspect ratio systems. We obtain time periodic traveling wave motions, quasiperiodic fluid motions with two and more frequencies modulating the intensities of the traveling waves as well as chaotic temporal behaviour.     

The onset of Darcy-Brinkman thermosolutal convection in a horizontal porous media

On the basis of Brinkman model, the onset of double-diffusive (thermosolutal) convection with a reaction term in a horizontal sparsely packed porous media is studied using the normal mode analysis. The effects of Brinkman term, the reaction term, the normalized porosity ε and Lewis number Le on the Rayleigh number for stationary and oscillatory case are presented graphically. The Darcy number destabilize the system in case of both stationary and oscillatory mode. The effects of Lewis number and reaction term depend on the value of the values of solutal Rayleigh number. Furthermore, some results of Darcy model can be recovered in limit cases.     

Oscillatory and Chaotic Buoyant-Thermocapillary Convection in the Large-Scale Liquid Bridge

To cooperate with Chinese TG-2 space experiment project, the transition process from steady to regular oscillatory flow, and finally to chaos is experimentally studied in buoyant-thermocapillary convection. The onset of oscillation and further transitional convective behavior are detected by measuring the temperature in large-scale liquid bridge of 2 cSt silicone oil. To identify the various dynamical regimes, the Fourier transform and fractal theory are used to reveal the frequency and amplitude characteristics of the flow motion. The experimental results indicate the co-existence of quasi-periodic and the Feigenbaum bifurcation in chaos.     

锌锅中低Pr流体混合对流的数值模拟

以带钢连续热镀锌生产工艺为背景,对抽象出的低Pr数流体混合对流流动和换热模型进行了数值模拟,给出了在不同Re、Ra及Ri时的流场和温度场.数值结果表明,当Re、Ra都不等于0时,在所考虑的参数范围内,流动和换热受自然对流和强制对流两种机理控制.Re不变,增大Ri,自然对流作用加强,并且当Ri增加到一定值时,流动和换热发生振荡.所给出的速度相图显示,对应不同的Re、Ra及Ri,流动和换热会出现稳态解、周期性振荡解和混沌.     

Influence of the surface deformability and variable viscosity on buoyant - thermocapillary instability in a liquid layer

The primary stationary and oscillatory Bénard-Marangoni instability is investigated in a fluid layer of infinite horizontal extent, bounded below by a rigid plane and above by a deformable upper surface, subjected to a vertical temperature gradient. Since the viscosity is temperature-dependent the consequences of relaxing Oberbeck-Boussinesq approximation and free surface deformability are theoretically examined by means of small disturbance analysis. The problem has been solved numerically by the Taylor series expansion method. The results obtained confirm that when the free surface is undeformable, stationary convection develops in the form of polygonal cells, and oscillatory motion cannot be detected. When the surface deformability is considered, stationary convection sets in, either as a short-wavelength hexagonal instability or as a long-wavelengh mode or as both, and oscillatory convection is also possible. The stability threshold for the short-wavelength mode depends mainly on the viscosity variation while the long-wavelength mode is determined by the surface deformation. Numerically, it is found that the neutral oscillatory Marangoni numbers are only negative. When a variable-viscosity model is used the theoretical and experimental results are in better agreement. Received 15 May 1997     

Oscillatory convection and chaos in a Lorenz-type model of a rotating fluid

A four-mode model of convection in a rotating fluid layer is studied. The model is an extension of the Lorenz model of Rayleigh-Bénard convection, the extra mode accounting for the regeneration of vorticity by rotation. Perturbation theory is applied to show that the Hopf bifurcations from conductive and steady convective solutions can be either supercritical or subcritical. Perturbation theory is also used at large Rayleigh numbersr to predict novel behavior. Supercritical oscillatory convection of finite amplitude is found by numerical integration of the governing equations. The general picture is of a series of oscillatory solutions stable over larger intervals, interspersed by short bursts of chaos.     

Analytical and numerical exploration of oscillatory convection in porous media

This study is part of the research about the influence of the thermal gradient on the composition and the stability of fluids in geological environments. This paper presents modelling results of oscillatory convection in a porous medium using the METSOR code. The model solves the heat and mass transport equations in a porous medium and takes into account the Soret effect (mass transport under thermal gradient). Oscillatory convection may occur in pure fluids and in binary mixtures (as a consequence of the Soret effect). Experimental data confirm the existence of this phenomenon in porous media. Here, the outputs of the METSOR code are verified against existing analytical solutions. A first modelling attempt of oscillatory convection in mixtures is presented (salt aquifer).     

封闭圆内开缝圆自然对流的非线性特性研究

本文通过数值计算对封闭圆内开缝圆自然对流的非线性特性进行了研究。数值计算以整个流场为计算区域,采用非稳态数学模型和具有QUICK差分格式的SIMPLE算法。计算结果表明,在不同参数下流动和换热存在稳态定常解、周期性振荡解、拟周期性振荡解和非周期性振荡解。稳态定常解的相图是一个点;周期性振荡解的相图是一个极限环,对应功率谱含一个基频及其谐波;拟周期性振荡解的相图为环面,对应功率谱含两个不相关的频率及它们的线性组合频率;非周期性振荡解的功率谱为无规则的宽带连续谱。     

Vibrational convection of a binary mixture in connected channels

The influence of high-frequency vibrations on the thermal convection of a binary mixture in connected channels is investigated theoretically. The oscillatory and stationary convective flows are calculated using the finite difference method in combination with the Galerkin procedure. Numerical simulation has revealed that the vertical vibrations substantially affect the threshold of convection and different characteristics of the supercritical regimes.     

QUICK与多种差分方案的比较和计算

本文用QUICK和多种差分方案计算了四个流动与换热问题．计算结果表明。对于强制流动问题,QUICK用较粗网格就能得到其他差分方案用较细网格才能得到的结果。对稳态自然对流,QUICK与其他差分方案的计算结果相近,但QUICK方案能预测出所计算的低Pr数流体自然对流的物理振荡,而其他几种方案不能．