International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

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2005, Volume32

Issue 5

124 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v32.i5

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Salah Abd El-Aziem El-Kholy
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave., SH232, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA

The aim of the paper is to investigate the influence of a magnetic field on the buoyancy instability of an electrically conducting fluid in a porous medium. This is based on a parallel flow assumption and the Brinkman model for the porous flow. The stability of a convection fluid saturating a porous medium is considered. The critical Rayleigh-Darcy number R_c as a function of Darcy number Da and Hartmann number H is obtained when the onset of instability occurs.

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v32.i5.20 Download article, 528-537 pages

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