SCALING IN FLOWS DRIVEN BY HEAT AND MASS CONVECTION IN A POROUS-MEDIUM

被引:5
作者
ALLAIN, C
CLOITRE, M
MONGRUEL, A
机构
[1] Laboratoire Fluides, Automatique et Systèmes Thermiques Bât. 502, Campus Universitaire, Orsay
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 20卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/20/4/005
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
In this paper, we report on a scale analysis of natural-convection boundary layers driven simultaneously by thermal and mass diffusion. We derive the scaling laws followed by the temperature and the concentration fields. These are corroborated by numerical investigations in a wide range of parameters. In particular, we predict the existence of flows which are heatdriven even though the amplitude of the solutal convection is dominant.
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页码:313 / 318
页数:6
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