Title
Convective chemical fronts in a Poiseuille flow
Date Issued
12 November 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
Autocatalytic reaction fronts propagating in a Poiseuille flow present a change of speed and curvature depending on the strength of the flow and on the direction of front propagation. These chemical fronts separate reacted and unreacted fluids of different densities, consequently convection will always be present due to the horizontal density gradient of the curved front. In this paper, we find the change of speed caused by gravity for fronts propagating in vertical tubes under a Poiseuille flow. For small density differences, we find axisymmetric fronts. Our theory predicts a transition to nonaxisymmetric fronts as the distance between the walls is increased. The transition depends on the average speed of the Poiseuille flow. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Volume
76
Issue
5
Number
056308
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química física Física de plasmas y fluídos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-36148973557
Source
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
ISSN of the container
15502376
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