Hall Effect on Bénard Convection of Compressible Viscoelastic Fluid through Porous Medium
Author(s) -
Mahinder Singh,
Chander Bhan Mehta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2356-7376
pISSN - 2314-6826
DOI - 10.1155/2013/910531
Subject(s) - rayleigh number , convection , porous medium , instability , mechanics , rayleigh–bénard convection , compressibility , physics , combined forced and natural convection , magnetic field , natural convection , thermal instability , thermodynamics , materials science , porosity , composite material , quantum mechanics
An investigation made on the effect of Hall currents on thermal instability of a compressible Walter’s B′ elasticoviscous fluid through porous medium is considered. The analysis is carried out within the framework of linear stability theory and normal mode technique. For the case of stationary convection, Hall currents and compressibility have postponed the onset of convection through porous medium. Moreover, medium permeability hasten postpone the onset of convection, and magnetic field has duel character on the onset of convection. The critical Rayleigh numbers and the wave numbers of the associated disturbances for the onset of instability as stationary convection have been obtained and the behavior of various parameters on critical thermal Rayleigh numbers has been depicted graphically. The magnetic field, Hall currents found to introduce oscillatory modes, in the absence of these effects the principle of exchange of stabilities is valid
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