NONLINEAR CONVECTIVE STABILITY IN A POROUS-MEDIUM WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY AND INERTIAL DRAG

Authors
Citation
Y. Qin et J. Chadam, NONLINEAR CONVECTIVE STABILITY IN A POROUS-MEDIUM WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY AND INERTIAL DRAG, Studies in applied mathematics, 96(3), 1996, pp. 273-288
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics
ISSN journal
00222526
Volume
96
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
273 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2526(1996)96:3<273:NCSIAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A nonlinear stability analysis of convection in a fluid-saturated poro us medium with temperature-dependent viscosity and inertia drag is pre sented. It is shown that the quadratic drag term is mathematically imp ortant and physically significant in ensuring conditional stability.