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Influence of viscosity contrast on buoyantly unstable miscible fluids in porous media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2015

Satyajit Pramanik ,
Tapan Kumar Hota  and
Manoranjan Mishra
Satyajit Pramanik
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 140001 Rupnagar, India
Tapan Kumar Hota
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 140001 Rupnagar, India
Manoranjan Mishra*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 140001 Rupnagar, India
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The influence of viscosity contrast on buoyantly unstable miscible fluids in a porous medium is investigated through a linear stability analysis (LSA) as well as direct numerical simulations (DNS). The linear stability method implemented in this paper is based on an initial value approach, which helps to capture the onset of instability more accurately than the quasi-steady-state analysis. In the absence of displacement, we show that viscosity contrast delays the onset of instability in buoyantly unstable miscible fluids. Further, it is observed that by suitably choosing the viscosity contrast and injection velocity a gravitationally unstable miscible interface can be stabilized completely. Through LSA we draw a phase diagram, which shows three distinct stability regions in a parameter space spanned by the displacement velocity and the viscosity contrast. DNS are performed corresponding to parameters from each regime and the results obtained are in accordance with the linear stability results. Moreover, the conversion from one dimensionless formulation to another and its importance when comparing the different type of flow problem associated with each dimensionless formulation are discussed. We also calculate ${\it\epsilon}$-pseudo-spectra of the time dependent linearized operator to investigate the response to external excitation.

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Instability: Absolute/convective instability Interfacial Flows (free surface): Fingering instability Low-Reynolds-number flows: Porous media
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 780 , 10 October 2015 , pp. 388 - 406
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