Buoyancy-driven instability in a vertical cylinder: Binary fluids with Soret effect. I - General theory and stationary stability results
Abstract
The buoyancy-driven instability of a monocomponent or binary fluid completely contained in a vertical circular cylinder is investigated, including the influence of the Soret effect for the binary mixture. The Boussinesq approximation is used, and the resulting linear stability problem is solved using a Galerkin technique. The analysis considers fluid mixtures ranging from gases to liquid metals. The flow structure is found to depend strongly on both the cylinder aspect ratio and the magnitude of the Soret effect. The predicted stability limits are shown to agree closely with experimental observations.
- Publication:
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International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
- Pub Date:
- January 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1002/fld.1650100106
- Bibcode:
- 1990IJNMF..10...79H
- Keywords:
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- Binary Fluids;
- Buoyancy;
- Unsteady Flow;
- Boussinesq Approximation;
- Flow Distribution;
- Galerkin Method;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Space Commercialization;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer