Axisymmetric viscous gravity currents flowing over a porous medium

DOI10.1017/S0022112008005223zbMATH Open1165.76376arXiv0901.4361OpenAlexW3123069161MaRDI QIDQ3620665FDOQ3620665

Authors: M. J. Spannuth, Jerome A. Neufeld, J. S. Wettlaufer, M. Grae Worster 

Publication date: 14 April 2009

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

Abstract: We study the axisymmetric propagation of a viscous gravity current over a deep porous medium into which it also drains. A model for the propagation and drainage of the current is developed and solved numerically in the case of constant input from a point source. In this case, a steady state is possible in which drainage balances the input, and we present analytical expressions for the resulting steady profile and radial extent. We demonstrate good agreement between our experiments, which use a bed of vertically aligned tubes as the porous medium, and the theoretically predicted evolution and steady state. However, analogous experiments using glass beads as the porous medium exhibit a variety of unexpected behaviours, including overshoot of the steady-state radius and subsequent retreat, thus highlighting the importance of the porous medium geometry and permeability structure in these systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4361

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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