Bidispersive-inclined convection

Proc Math Phys Eng Sci. 2016 Aug;472(2192):20160480. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0480.

Abstract

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 (2006 Int. J. Heat Mass Transf.49, 3068-3074. (doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.008)), although we consider a single temperature field only.

Keywords: bidispersive porous media; energy stability; inclined layer; linear instability; natural convection.