A numerical investigation of steady convection in mushy layers during the directional solidification of binary alloys

DOI10.1017/S0022112097007878zbMath0906.76084MaRDI QIDQ4400009

M. Grae Worster, Tim P. Schulze

Publication date: 16 February 1999

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

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; porous medium; upflow; chimney solutions; narrow vertical channel; strongly nonlinear states; subcritical solution branch

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76T99: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

76M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76R05: Forced convection