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Sinking inside the box

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

David Pritchard
David Pritchard*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, 26 Richmond St, Glasgow G1 1XH, Scotland, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: david.pritchard@strath.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Convection in a closed porous domain is a temporally and spatially complex flow which evolves over long time scales as the driving buoyancy contrasts are eliminated by mixing. In a contribution that combines numerical, experimental and asymptotic approaches, Hewitt, Neufeld & Lister (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 719, 2013, pp. 551–586) demonstrate that the essential dynamics can be captured by simple ‘box’ models, both when the buoyancy supply is imposed at the upper boundary and when the domain contains a moving interface between different fluids. This work provides insights into the dynamics and viability of schemes for the geological sequestration of CO2.

JFM classification

Convection: Convection in porous media Geophysical and Geological Flows: Geophysical and Geological Flows
Type
Focus on Fluids
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 722 , 10 May 2013 , pp. 1 - 4
Copyright
©2013 Cambridge University Press 

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