Published February 2008 | Version v1
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Thermocapillary Convection in an Inhomogeneous Porous Layer

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (China)

Description

A new model consisting of an inhomogeneous porous medium saturated by incompressible fluid is investigated. We focus on the effects of inhomogeneity for the streamline patterns and instabilities of the system. Influences of the 'mean porosity' and gradient of distributions of porosity are also emphasized. The results cannot be obtained by studying the media with constant porosity as carried out by other researchers, and have not been discussed before

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/25/2/072

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0256-307X/25/2/072;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Physics Letters
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 620-623
ISSN
0256-307X
CODEN
CPLEEU

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44112612
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
CAPILLARY FLOW; CONVECTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAYERS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS