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On the thermodynamic boundary conditions of a solidifying mushy layer with outflow

dc.creatorRees, Jones David W
dc.creatorWorster, Michael Grae
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-24T23:17:59Z
dc.date.available2015-03-20T11:22:10Z
dc.date.available2018-11-24T23:17:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-27
dc.identifierhttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/247087
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/123456789/3206
dc.description.abstractThe free-boundary problem between a liquid region and a mushy layer (a reactive porous medium) must respect both thermodynamic and fluid dynamical considerations. We develop a steady two-dimensional forced-flow configuration to investigate the thermodynamic condition of marginal equilibrium that applies to a solidifying mushy layer with outflow and requires that streamlines are tangent to isotherms at the interface. We show that a ‘two-domain’ approach in which the mushy layer and liquid region are distinct domains is consistent with marginal equilibrium by extending the Stokes equations in a narrow transition region within the mushy layer. We show that the tangential fluid velocity changes rapidly in the transition region to satisfy marginal equilibrium. In convecting mushy layers with liquid channels, a buoyancy gradient can drive this tangential flow. We use asymptotic analysis in the limit of small Darcy number to derive a regime diagram for the existence of steady solutions. Thus we show that marginal equilibrium is a robust boundary condition and can be used without precise knowledge of the fluid flow near the interface.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCUP
dc.publisherJournal of Fluid Mechanics
dc.subjectmultiphase flow
dc.subjectporous media
dc.subjectsolidification/melting
dc.titleOn the thermodynamic boundary conditions of a solidifying mushy layer with outflow
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