On the asymptotic approach to thermosolutal convection in heated slow reactive boundary layer flows

DOI10.1155/2008/835380MaRDI QIDQ1009370zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors S. Shateyi, P. Sibanda, Sandile Sydney Motsa

Publication date 31 March 2009

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/55246

zbMATH Keywords

buoyancy forcedensity stratificationmultideck structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

Review text

Summary: Using a self-consistent asymptotic method, we investigate thermosolutal convection and stability of two-dimensional disturbances imposed on a heated boundary layer flow over a semi-infinite horizontal plate composed of a chemical species. The chemical species reacts as it diffuses into the nearby fluid causing density stratification and inducing a buoyancy force. The existence of significant temperature gradients near the plate surface results in additional buoyancy and decrease in viscosity. We derive the linear neutral results by analyzing asymptotically the multideck structure of the perturbed flow in the limit of large Reynolds numbers. The study shows that for small Damköhler numbers, increasing buoyancy has a destabilizing effect on the upper branch Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) instability waves. Similarly, increasing the Damköhler numbers (which corresponds to increasing the reaction rate) has a destabilizing effect on the TS wave modes. However, for small Damkohler numbers, negative buoyancy stabilizes the boundary layer flow.

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