Lubricated gravity currents of power-law fluids

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.240MaRDI QIDQ3389331zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 10 May 2021

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.08308

zbMATH Keywords

interfacial flowexperimental verificationgeophysical flowcomplex fluidstrain-rate softening fluid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Lubrication theory (76D08) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Abstract: The motion of glaciers over their bedrock or drops of fluid along a solid surface can vary dramatically when these substrates are lubricated. We investigate the coupled flow of a gravity current (GC) of strain-rate softening fluid that is lubricated by a denser, lower-viscosity Newtonian fluid. We present a set of experiments in which such GCs are discharged axisymmetrically and at constant flux over a flat surface. Using imaging techniques we follow the front evolution of each fluid and their thickness field. We find that the two fronts of our lubricated GCs evolve faster than non-lubricated GCs, though with similar time exponents. In addition, the thickness of the non-Newtonian fluid is nearly uniform while that of the lubricating fluid is nonmonotonic with localised spikes. Nevertheless, lubricated GCs remain axisymmetric as long as the flux of the lubricating fluid is sufficiently smaller than the non-Newtonian fluid flux.

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