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On the boundary layer structure near a highly permeable porous interface

Dalwadi, Mohit P.; Chapman, S. Jonathan; Waters, Sarah L.; Oliver, James M.

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Mohit P. Dalwadi

S. Jonathan Chapman

Sarah L. Waters

James M. Oliver



Abstract

The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to study the canonical problem of steady laminar flow through a narrow two-dimensional channel blocked by a tight-fitting finite-length highly permeable porous obstacle. We investigate the behaviour of the local flow close to the interface between the single-phase and porous regions (governed by the incompressible Navier--Stokes and Darcy flow equations, respectively). We solve for the flow in these inner regions in the limits of low and high Reynolds number, facilitating an understanding of the nature of the transition from Poiseuille to plug to Poiseuille flow in each of these limits. Significant analytical progress is made in the high-Reynolds-number limit, and we explore in detail the rich boundary layer structure that occurs. We derive general results for the interfacial stress and for the conditions that couple the flow in the outer regions away from the interface. We consider the three-dimensional generalization to unsteady laminar flow through and around a tight-fitting highly permeable cylindrical porous obstacle within a Hele-Shaw cell. For the high-Reynolds-number limit, we give the coupling conditions and interfacial stress in terms of the outer flow variables, allowing information from a nonlinear three-dimensional problem to be obtained by solving a linear two-dimensional problem. Finally, we illustrate the utility of our analysis by considering the specific example of time-dependent forced far-field flow in a Hele-Shaw cell containing a porous cylinder with a circular cross-section. We determine the internal stress within the porous obstacle, which is key for tissue engineering applications, and the interfacial stress on the boundary of the porous obstacle, which has applications to biofilm erosion. In the high-Reynolds-number limit, we demonstrate that the fluid inertia can result in the cylinder experiencing a time-independent net force, even when the far-field forcing is periodic with zero mean.

Citation

Dalwadi, M. P., Chapman, S. J., Waters, S. L., & Oliver, J. M. (2016). On the boundary layer structure near a highly permeable porous interface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 798, 88-139. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.308

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 24, 2016
Online Publication Date May 31, 2016
Publication Date May 31, 2016
Deposit Date Apr 27, 2016
Publicly Available Date May 31, 2016
Journal Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Print ISSN 0022-1120
Electronic ISSN 1469-7645
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 798
Pages 88-139
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.308
Keywords Boundary layers, Boundary layer structure, Porous media
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/787645
Publisher URL http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10341424&fileId=S0022112016003086
Additional Information Copyright Cambridge University Press 2016
Contract Date Apr 27, 2016

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