A novel shear flow instability triggered by a chemical reaction in the absence of inertia

Details A novel shear flow instability triggered by a chemical reaction in the absence of inertia A novel shear flow instability triggered by a chemical reaction in the absence of inertia

2006-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611116v1

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Fluid Dynamics

29 pages, 11 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Fluids

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We present an experimental investigation of a novel low Reynolds number shear flow instability triggered by a chemical reaction. An acid-base reaction taking place at the interface between a Newtonian fluid and Carbopol-940 solution leads to a strong viscosity stratification, which locally destabilizes the flow. Our experimental observations are made in the context of a miscible displacement flow, for which the flow instability promotes local mixing and subsequently improves the displacement efficiency. The experimental study is complemented by a simplified normal mode analysis to shed light on the origin of the instability

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