Optimal perturbations of gravitationally unstable, transient boundary layers in porous media

DOI10.1017/JFM.2013.277zbMATH Open1291.76309arXiv1903.00949OpenAlexW3101257209MaRDI QIDQ5165643FDOQ5165643

Authors: D. Daniel, Nils Tilton, Amir Riaz 

Publication date: 30 June 2014

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

Abstract: We study gravitationally unstable, transient, diffusive boundary layers in porous media using modal and nonmodal stability methods. Using nonmodal stability theory, we demonstrate that both the onset of linear instabilities and the shape of optimal perturbations are highly sensitive to perturbation amplification measures and also the time at which the boundary layer is perturbed. This behavior is in contrast to traditional studies of steady or non-transient diffusive boundary layers where perturbation dynamics are independent of perturbation measure or time. We demonstrate that any analysis of transient layers produced through classical methods can result in physically unrealizable perturbation structures. To resolve the issue, we propose a nonmodal stability procedure which additionally constrains the perturbation dynamics to physically admissible fields. The proposed procedure predicts that instabilities grow primarily due to unstable perturbations featuring much larger spanwise wavenumbers (modes) and smaller amplifications compared to perturbations predicted using classical methods. We validate our predictions using direct numerical simulations that emulate the onset of convection in physical systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.00949

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zbMATH Keywords

fingering instabilitybuoyancy-driven instabilityconvection in porous media

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids (76D55)

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