International Journal of Technology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Double-diffusive convection in compressible, rotating, couple-stress fluid

Department of Mathematics, Government College, Shimla-171006

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PACS Nos.: 47.20. Ma, 47. 50. +d

Abstract

A layer of compressible, rotating, couple-stress fluid heated and soluted from below is considered. For the case of stationary convection, the compressibility, stable solute gradient and rotation postpone the onset of convection whereas the couple-stress viscosity postpones as well as hastens the onset of convection depending on rotation parameter. The case of overstability is also studied wherein a sufficient condition for the non-existence of overstability is found.

Keywords

Couple-stress fluid, compressibility, rotation, thermosolutal convection