Linear Rayleigh-Bénard stability of a transversely isotropic fluid

DOI10.1017/S0956792518000359zbMATH Open1429.92060arXiv1708.01522MaRDI QIDQ5205841FDOQ5205841

Authors: C. R. Holloway, David J. Smith, R. J. Dyson 

Publication date: 16 December 2019

Published in: European Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suspended fibres significantly alter fluid rheology, as exhibited in for example solutions of DNA, RNA and synthetic biological nanofibres. It is of interest to determine how this altered rheology affects flow stability. Motivated by the fact thermal gradients may occur in biomolecular analytic devices, and recent stability results, we examine the problem of Rayleigh-B'enard convection of the transversely-isotropic fluid of Ericksen. A transversely-isotropic fluid treats these suspensions as a continuum with an evolving preferred direction, through a modified stress tensor incorporating four viscosity-like parameters. We consider the linear stability of a stationary, passive, transversely-isotropic fluid contained between two parallel boundaries, with the lower boundary at a higher temperature than the upper. To determine the marginal stability curves the Chebyshev collocation method is applied, and we consider a range of initially uniform preferred directions, from horizontal to vertical, and three orders of magnitude in the viscosity-like anisotropic parameters. Determining the critical wave and Rayleigh numbers we find that transversely-isotropic effects delay the onset of instability; this effect is felt most strongly through the incorporation of the anisotropic shear viscosity, although the anisotropic extensional viscosity also contributes. Our analysis confirms the importance of anisotropic rheology in the setting of convection.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.01522

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Suspensions (76T20) Physiological flows (76Z05) Physiological flow (92C35)

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