Abstract
A convection problem in anisotropic and inhomogeneous porous media has been analyzed. In particular, the effect of variable permeability, thermal diffusivity, and variable gravity with respect to the vertical direction, has been studied. A linear and nonlinear stability analysis of the conduction solution has been performed. The validity of both the linear instability and global nonlinear energy stability thresholds are tested using a three- dimensional simulation. Our results show that the linear threshold accurately predicts on the onset of instability in the basic steady state. However, the required time to arrive at the basic steady state increases significantly as the Rayleigh number tends to the linear threshold.
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