Convection in a mushy layer along a vertical heated wall

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.742MaRDI QIDQ5154777zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 5 October 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07613

zbMATH Keywords

buoyant boundary layernear-eutectic approximationporous medium flowpseudospectral methodreactive binary alloy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Free convection (76R10) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19)

Abstract: Motivated by the mushy zones of sea ice, volcanoes, and icy moons of the outer solar system, we perform a theoretical and numerical study of boundary-layer convection along a vertical heated wall in a bounded ideal mushy region. The mush is comprised of a porous and reactive binary alloy with a mixture of saline liquid in a solid matrix, and is studied in the near-eutectic approximation. Here we demonstrate the existence of four regions and study their behavior asymptotically. Starting from the bottom of the wall, the four regions are (i) an isotropic corner region; (ii) a buoyancy dominated vertical boundary layer; (iii) an isotropic connection region; and (iv) a horizontal boundary layer at the top boundary with strong gradients of pressure and buoyancy. Scalings from numerical simulations are consistent with the theoretical predictions. Close to the heated wall, the convection in the mushy layer is similar to a rising buoyant plume abruptly stopped at the top, leading to increased pressure and temperature in the upper region, whose impact is discussed as an efficient melting mechanism.

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