PIV and shadowgraph measurements of thermo-electrohydrodynamic convection in a horizontal aligned differentially heated annulus at different gravity conditions

PSB Szabo, M Meier, A Meyer, E Barry, V Motuz… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Convection of a dielectric fluid confined in a differentially heated annulus with an
inhomogeneous radial electric field is investigated under different gravity conditions. The …

The Bénard problem for slightly compressible materials: existence and linear instability

A Corli, A Passerini - Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, 2019 - Springer
We study a generalization of the Oberbeck–Boussinesq system, which consists in a
buoyancy term where the density depends also on the pressure. A new pressure equation is …

Non-linear approximations for natural convection in a horizontal annulus

B Duka, C Ferrario, A Passerini, S Piva - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2007 - Elsevier
Two different problems are proposed as approximations of the usual system modelling
natural convection under the Oberbeck–Boussinesq assumptions. The error is evaluated by …

Existence and nonlinear stability of convective solutions for almost compressible fluids in Bénard problem

A De Martino, A Passerini - Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We study the nonlinear almost compressible 2D Oberbeck-Boussinesq system,
characterized by an extra buoyancy term where the density depends on the pressure, and a …

A Lorenz model for almost compressible fluids

AD Martino, A Passerini - Mediterranean Journal of mathematics, 2020 - Springer
Starting from the almost compressible 2-D Oberbeck–Boussi nesq system, characterized by
an extra buoyancy term which is pressure-dependent, we write the corresponding Lorenz …

Theoretical results on steady convective flows between horizontal coaxial cylinders

A Passerini, C Ferrario, M Růžička, G Thäter - SIAM Journal on Applied …, 2011 - SIAM
For arbitrary Rayleigh number, Ra, Prandtl number, and any ratio of the cylindrical radii,
existence of steady solutions of the two-dimensional Oberbeck–Boussinesq system is …

Approximation à la Oberbeck-Boussinesq for fluids with pressure-induced stratified density

D Grandi, A Passerini - Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We consider a model for convection in compressible fluids in two dimensions. A constitutive
limit is studied in which both the mechanical compressibility and thermal expansion affect …

Natural convection in horizontal annuli: a lower bound for the energy

A Passerini, C Ferrario, G Thäter - Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2008 - Springer
Natural convection in the gap between two infinitely long horizontal coaxial cylindrical
surfaces, each of which is maintained at constant temperature, is studied. If the inverse …

A theoretical study of the first transition for the non-linear Stokes problem in a horizontal annulus

C Ferrario, A Passerini - International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
For any aspect ratio R o/R i of the cylinder radii, the non-linear stability of the steady 2D-
solutions of the non-linear Stokes system, which is an approximation of the Oberbeck …

Numerical study on flow and thermal fields of mixed convection in a concentric inclined annulus

B Shiniyan, R Hosseini, H Naderan - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Laminar upward mixed convection in an inclined concentric straight annulus is studied
numerically in this paper. The governing equations including for continuity, the three …