Viscous fingering patterns in ferrofluids

DOI10.1023/B:JOSS.0000033156.44251.15MaRDI QIDQ1809433zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Widom, José Antônio Gonçalves Miranda

Publication date 25 November 1999

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9802194

zbMATH Keywords

finger tip-splittingHele-Shaw cellmagnetic repulsionpattern formationperturbative mode-coupling analysisrectangular flow geometrySaffman-Taylor instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

Abstract: Viscous fingering occurs in the flow of two immiscible, viscous fluids between the plates of a Hele-Shaw cell. Due to pressure gradients or gravity, the initially planar interface separating the two fluids undergoes a Saffman-Taylor instability and develops finger-like structures. When one of the fluids is a ferrofluid and a perpendicular magnetic field is applied, the labyrinthine instability supplements the usual viscous fingering instability, resulting in visually striking, complex patterns. We consider this problem in a rectangular flow geometry using a perturbative mode-coupling analysis. We deduce two general results: viscosity contrast between the fluids drives interface asymmetry, with no contribution from magnetic forces; magnetic repulsion within the ferrofluid generates finger tip-splitting, which is absent in the rectangular geometry for ordinary fluids.

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