Stability characteristics of periodic streaming fluids in porous

S. A. Alkharashi ; Y. Gamiel

Teoretičeskaâ i matematičeskaâ fizika, Tome 191 (2017) no. 1, pp. 126-150

Résumé

We study the linear stability of a three-layer flow of immiscible liquids located in a periodic normal electric field. We consider certain porous media assumed to be uniform, homogeneous, and isotropic. We analytically and numerically simulate the system of linear evolution equations of such a medium. The linearized problem leads to a system of two Mathieu equations with complex coefficients of the damping terms. We study the effects of the streaming velocity, permeability of the porous medium, and the electrical properties of the flow of a thin layer (film) of liquid on the flow instability. We consider several special cases of such systems. As a special case, we consider a uniform electric field and solve the transition curve equations up to the second order in a small dimensionless parameter. We show that the dielectric constant ratio and also the electric field play a destabilizing role in the stability criteria, while the porosity has a dual effect on the wave motion. In the case of an alternating electric field and a periodic velocity, we use the method of multiple time scales to calculate approximate solutions and analyze the stability criteria in the nonresonance and resonance cases; we also obtain transition curves in these cases. We show that an increase in the velocity and the electric field promote oscillations and hence have a destabilizing effect.

Détail

Keywords: linear stability, periodic electric field, porous media, streamline.
Mots-clés : Mathieu equation

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