A strong contradiction in the multi-layer Hele-Shaw model
Abstract
The Saffman-Taylor instability occurs when a less viscous fluid is displacing a more viscous one in a rectangular Hele-Shaw cell. A surface tension on the interface between the two fluids is improving the stability. The multi-layer Hele - Shaw model, consisting of intermediate fluids with constant viscosities, was studied in some previous papers and very low growth constants were obtained for large . We prove that this model leads us to a significant instability, even if is very large. The maximum value of growth constants can not decrease under a certain value, not depending on the surface tensions on the interfaces. This contradiction with the Saffman-Taylor result makes us have some doubts concerning the correctness of multi-layer model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.01455,
title = {A strong contradiction in the multi-layer Hele-Shaw model},
author = {Gelu Paşa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.01455},
year = {2019}
}
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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1807.06591