年間 12 号発行
ISSN 印刷: 1091-028X
ISSN オンライン: 1934-0508
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Nonlinear Buoyant Convection in Mushy Layers during Alloy Solidification
要約
We consider the problem of nonlinear steady buoyant convection in horizontal mushy layers during alloy solidification. We analyze the effects of several parameters on the stationary modes of convection in the form of either hexagons or nonhexagons such as rolls, rectangles, and squares. No assumption is made on the thickness of the mushy layer, and a number of simplifying assumptions made in previous nonlinear analyses are relaxed here to study a richer set of phenomena. Using both analytical and numerical methods, we determine the steady solutions to the weakly nonlinear problem. The results of the analyses and computations indicate, in particular, that depending on the range of values of the parameters, bifurcation to nonhexagonal convection can be either supercritical or subcritical, while bifurcation to hexagon pattern convection, corresponding to the smallest value of the Rayleigh number, is subcritical. For variable permeability, subcritical down-hexagons with down-flow at the cell centers and up-flow at the cell boundaries, which have been observed in related experiments, and supercritical nonhexagons were predicted in a particular range of values of the parameters.
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Riahi Daniel N., On Nonlinear Evolution Approach for Convective Flow during Alloy Solidification, Transport in Porous Media, 84, 3, 2010. Crossref
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Bhatta Dambaru, Muddamallappa Mallikarjunaiah S., Riahi Daniel N., On Perturbation and Marginal Stability Analysis of Magneto-Convection in Active Mushy Layer, Transport in Porous Media, 82, 2, 2010. Crossref