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Weakly nonlinear dynamics of thermoconvective instability involving viscoplastic fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

C. MÉTIVIER ,
C. NOUAR  and
J.-P. BRANCHER
C. MÉTIVIER*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Rhéologie, UMR 5520, Domaine universitaire, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex, France
C. NOUAR
Affiliation:
LEMTA, UMR 7563, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, BP 160, 54504 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France
J.-P. BRANCHER
Affiliation:
LEMTA, UMR 7563, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, BP 160, 54504 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this paper, a weakly nonlinear stability of viscoplastic fluid flow is performed. The system consists of a plane Rayleigh–Bénard–Poiseuille (RBP) flow of a Bingham fluid. The basic flow is characterized by a central plug zone, of 2yb width, in which the stresses are smaller than the Bingham number B, the dimensionless yield stress. The Bingham model assumes that inside this zone the material moves as a rigid solid, and that outside this zone it behaves as a viscous fluid. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of the yield stress on the instability conditions. The linear stability analysis is performed using a modal method and provides critical values of Rayleigh and wavenumbers, from which the system becomes unstable. The critical mode, i.e. the least stable mode, is also determined. This mode, also called the fundamental mode, creates perturbation harmonics which cannot be neglected above criticality. The weakly nonlinear analysis is performed for small-amplitude perturbations. In this study, the quadratic modes of the perturbation are determined. Results indicate that the nonlinear modes perturbation can attain high maximal values, which is the consequence of the high variations of viscosity in the flow. The characterization of the complex Landau equation sheds light on a transition in terms of the bifurcation nature above a critical Péclet number Pec = O(1). Below Pec, it is found that a supercritical equilibrium state could exist, such as in the Newtonian case, while above Pec, the bifurcation becomes subcritical. One observes a sharp transition from supercritical to subcritical bifurcation as the Péclet value is increased. A dependence of Pec on the yield stress is highlighted since the subcritical bifurcation is first observed for weak values of yb (yb < O(10−1)). For this range of values, the transition is mainly due to the presence of the unyielded region via non-homogeneous boundary conditions at the yield surfaces. Then for yb > O(10−1), the change of the bifurcation nature is due to the variations of the effective viscosity in the unyielded regions.

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Convection: Convection Instability: Instability Non-Newtonian Flows: Non-Newtonian Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 660 , 10 October 2010 , pp. 316 - 353
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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