Flow of a Pressure-Dependent Viscosity Fluid in Porous Media

Authors

  • S. O. Arbilha Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, N.B., Canada, E2L 4L5 (On leave from Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) s.alharbi@unb.ca
  • T. L. Alderson Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, N.B., Canada, E2L 4L5 tim@unb.ca
  • M. H. Hamdan Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, N.B., Canada, E2L 4L5 Corresponding Author hamdan@unb.ca

Keywords:

Porous media, pressure-dependent viscosity, variable permeability

Abstract

Two-dimensional flow of a fluid with pressure-dependent viscosity through a variable permeability porous structure is considered. Exact solutions are obtained for a Riabouchinsky type flow using a procedure that is based on a method implemented by the late Professor Dr. R.K. Naeem of Karachi University in his study of Navier-Stokes flow with pressure-dependent viscosity.

 

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2016-06-16

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Arbilha, S. O., Alderson, T. L., & Hamdan, M. H. (2016). Flow of a Pressure-Dependent Viscosity Fluid in Porous Media. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 4(3). Retrieved from https://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/3799

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