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Onset of convection in a fluid layer overlying a layer of a porous medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

D. A. Nield
D. A. Nield
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

A linear stability analysis is applied to a system consisting of a horizontal fluid layer overlying a layer of a porous medium saturated with the same fluid, with uniform heating from below. Surface-tension effects at a deformable upper surface are allowed for. The solution is obtained for constant-flux thermal boundary conditions.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , 13 July 1977 , pp. 513 - 522
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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