A criterion to avoid starvation zones for convection-diffusion-reaction problem inside a porous biological pellet under oscillatory flow

DOI10.1016/j.ijengsci.2010.02.004zbMath1213.76206MaRDI QIDQ541115

Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 4 June 2011

Published in: International Journal of Engineering Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2010.02.004

zbMATH Keywords

Stokes flow; Darcy's law; oscillatory flow; nutrient transport; Saffman condition; starvation zone

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92E20: Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry

76S05: Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage

76Z05: Physiological flows