arXiv · 1804.05887
Multiple solutions and their asymptotics for laminar flows through a porous channel with different permeabilities
Abstract
The existence and multiplicity of similarity solutions for the steady, incompressible and fully developed laminar flows in a uniformly porous channel with two permeable walls are investigated. We shall focus on the so-called asymmetric case where the upper wall is with an amount of flow injection and the lower wall with a different amount of suction. We show that there exist three solutions designated as type $I$, type $II$ and type $III$ for the asymmetric case. The numerical results suggest that a unique solution exists for the Reynolds number $0\leq R<14.10$ and two additional solutions appear for $R>14.10$. The corresponding asymptotic solution for each of the multiple solutions is constructed by the method of boundary layer correction or matched asymptotic expansion for the most difficult high Reynolds number case. Asymptotic solutions are all verified by their corresponding numerical solutions.
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Hongxia Guo, Changfeng Gui, Ping Lin, Mingfeng Zhao. 2018-04-16. Multiple solutions and their asymptotics for laminar flows through a porous channel with different permeabilities. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.05887
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