Nonlinear instability of Hele-Shaw flows with smooth viscous profiles
Nonlinear instability of Hele-Shaw flows with smooth viscous profiles
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jde.2008.07.012
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发表时间:
2008-10
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
P. Daripa;H. Hwang
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作者:
P. Daripa;H. Hwang
We rigorously derive nonlinear instability of Hele-Shaw flows moving with a constant velocity in the presence of smooth viscosity profiles where the viscosity upstream is lower than the viscosity downstream. This is a single-layer problem without any material interface. The instability of the basic flow is driven by a viscosity gradient as opposed to conventional interfacial Saffman–Taylor instability where the instability is driven by a viscosity jump across the interface. Existing analytical techniques are used in this paper to establish nonlinear instability.