Bidispersive-inclined convection.
A model is presented for thermal convection in an inclined layer of porous material when the medium has a bidispersive structure. Thus, there are the usual macropores which are full of a fluid, but there are also a system of micropores full of the same fluid. The model we employ is a modification of the one proposed by Nield & Kuznetsov (2006Int. J. Heat Mass Transf.49, 3068-3074. (doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.008)), although we consider a single temperature field only.
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica , Città Universitaria , Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Paolo
0000-0001-7184-9798
P
Falsaperla
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica , Città Universitaria , Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Mulone
Department of Mathematical Sciences , University of Durham , Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Brian
B
Straughan
bidispersive porous media; energy stability; inclined layer; linear instability; natural convection