Modeling of Smart Materials of Nanostructure in a Poorly Electrically Conducting Fluid Saturated Composite Materials

N. Rudraiah; C.O. Ng

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.334-335.441

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Modeling of Smart Materials of Nanostructure in a Poorly Electrically Conducting Fluid Saturated Composite Materials

Abstract:

To meet the demands of technology for the development of new materials with tailormade properties, we propose the use of smart materials of nanostructure synthesized by solidifying a poorly conducting alloy in a microgravity environment in the presence of an electric field and surface tension. Energy method combined with a single term Galerkin expansion is used to find the condition for the onset of Marangoni marginal electroconvection (MMEC) in a composite material modeled as a porous layer. It is shown that a proper choice of electric parameter and the ratio of Brinkman viscosity to viscosity of the fluid λ control Marangonielectroconvection (MEC).