Thermosolutal convection in a horizontal porous layer heated from below in the presence of a horizontal through flow

Dimitry Lyubimov (1) , Tanya Lyubimova (2) , Abdelkader Mojtabi (3) , Evgueni S. Sadilov (2)

1 Theoretical physics department (Perm, RUSSIA)
2 ICMM - Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the RAS
3 IMFT - Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse

In this paper, we study the effect of a homogeneous longitudinal through flow on the onset of convection in a horizontal porous layer saturated by a binary fluid and heated from below or above. The layer boundaries are subjected to a constant heat flux. The investigation is made by taking the Soret effect into account. It is found that in the case of positive separation ratio when the denser component moves toward the cooler wall, through flow has no effect on the stability threshold but exerts an orientating effect on the convective patterns. For negative separation ratio, a strong destabilization occurs of the spatially homogeneous state with respect to long-wave disturbances. The stability range for long-wavelength convective rolls is defined.

Mots clés: Stability; Porous medium; Thermoconvection

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Dimitry Lyubimov, Tanya Lyubimova, Abdelkader Mojtabi, Evgueni S. Sadilov. Thermosolutal convection in a horizontal porous layer heated from below in the presence of a horizontal through flow. Physics of Fluids, 2008, vol. 20, pp.1-10. ⟨10.1063/1.2911046⟩. ⟨hal-00967332⟩