Stability of Solutal Convection in a Gravity Modulated Mushy Layer During the Solidification of Binary Alloys |
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Authors: | S K Pillay S Govender |
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Institution: | (1) Sasol Limited, Synfuels, Secunda, 2302, South Africa;(2) School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa |
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Abstract: | The linear stability theory is used to investigate analytically the effects of gravity modulation on solutal convection in the mushy layer of solidifying binary alloys. The gravitational field consists of a constant part and a sinusoidally varying part, which is synonymous to a vertically oscillating mushy layer subjected to constant gravity. The linear stability results are presented for both the synchronous and subharmonic solutions. It is demonstrated that up to the transition point between the synchronous and subharmonic regions, increasing the frequency of vibration rapidly stabilizes the solutal convection. Beyond the transition point, further increases in the frequency tend to destabilize the solutal convection, but gradually. It is also demonstrated that the effect of increasing the ratio of the Stefan number and the solid composition ( 0) is to destabilize the solutal convection. |
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Keywords: | gravity modulation mushy layer binary alloy solutal convection Rayleigh number |
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