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Buoyancy-driven instability in a vertical cylinder: Binary fluids with Soret effect. I - General theory and stationary stability resultsThe buoyancy-driven instability of a monocomponent or binary fluid completely contained in a vertical circular cylinder is investigated, including the influence of the Soret effect for the binary mixture. The Boussinesq approximation is used, and the resulting linear stability problem is solved using a Galerkin technique. The analysis considers fluid mixtures ranging from gases to liquid metals. The flow structure is found to depend strongly on both the cylinder aspect ratio and the magnitude of the Soret effect. The predicted stability limits are shown to agree closely with experimental observations.
Document ID
19900034893
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
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Authors
Hardin, G. R.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Sani, R. L.
(Colorado, University Boulder, United States)
Henry, D.
(Lyon I, Universite Villeurbanne, France)
Roux, B.
(Institut de Mecanique des Fluides Marseille, France)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Volume: 10
ISSN: 0271-2091
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
90A21948
Distribution Limits
Public
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