The outset of convection in a thin layer of couple stress fluid is analyzed using the linear stability analysis when the fluid is heated from below. In order to assimilate the inertial effects Maxwell-Cattaneo law is used in lieu of the classical Fourier's heat conduction law. The normal mode analysis is used to arrive at the eigenvalues of the perturbed state and a regular perturbation method to find the analytical solutions. The effect of Cattaneo number, couple stress parameter and Prandtl number is discussed and it is concluded that gravity modulation can delay or advance the onset of convection.
A theoretical examination of the thermal convection for a couple stress fluid which is electrically conductive and possessing significant thermal relaxation time with an externally applied magnetic field is carried out. Fourier’s law fails when fluids are subjected to rapid heating or when it is confined and in the case of nano-devices. A frame invariant constitutive equation for heat flux is considered. The linear analysis is carried out implementing a normal mode solution and the non-linear stability of the system is analyzed using a double Fourier series. The analysis of the transfer of heat is determined in terms of the Nusselt number.
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