Effects of Uniform/Periodic Magnetic Fields on the Nonlinear Stability of Double Interfaces Between Three Magnetic Fluids Saturated in Porous Media

Abstract

The current manuscript tackles the interaction between three viscous magnetic fluids placed on three layers and saturated in porous media. Two of them fill half the spaces above and below a thin layer that lies in the middle region. All layers are laterally extended to infinity in both horizontal directions. All fluids move in the same horizontal direction with different uniform velocities and are driven by pressure gradients. The system is stressed by tangential stationary/periodic magnetic fields. The viscous potential theory (VPT) is used to simplify the mathematical procedure. The motion of the fluids is described by the Brinkman-Darcy equations, and Maxwell equations are used for the magnetic field. The nonlinear technique is typically relying on solving linear equations of motion and presenting the nonlinear boundary conditions. The novelty of the problem concerns the nonlinear stability of the double interface under the impact of periodic magnetic fields. Therefore, the approach has resulted in two nonlinear characteristic differential equations governing the surface displacements. Accordingly, the development amplitudes of surface waves are designated by two nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Stability is theoretically analyzed; the nonlinear stability criterion is derived, and the corresponding nonlinear stability conditions are explored in detail. Approximate bounded solutions of the perturbed interfaces are estimated. Additionally, the thickness of the intermediate layer as a function of time is plotted. The impact of different parameters on the stability profile is investigated. For the middle layer, it is found that magnetic permeability, as well as viscosity, have a stabilizing effect. By contrast, the basic streaming, as well as permeability, have a destabilizing influence. The analysis of the periodic case shows that the lower interface is much more stable than the upper one. Engineering applications like petroleum products manufacturing and the electromagnetic field effect can be used to control the growth of the perturbation and then the recovery of crude oil from the pores of reservoir rocks.