Chemical instabilities and "shocks" in a non linear convection problem issued from geology - Mines Saint-Étienne
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Chemical instabilities and "shocks" in a non linear convection problem issued from geology

Abstract

The chemical transformation of a rock by a pervading convecting fluid in disequilibrium with it is modelled by a non-linear partial differential equation of hyperbolic type. Starting from a continuous concentration profile, the solution may become discontinuous within a finite time in some cases. We show that this is due to the instability, in the sense of the second principle of thermodynamics, of a range of the possible concentrations with respect to this dynamical phenomenon. The simple model exposed gives a good account for the characteristic pattern of this phenomenon, which is the self spatial organization of the concentrations in different domains separated by strong gradients.
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emse-00504425 , version 1 (20-07-2010)

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Bernard Guy, Françis Conrad, Michel Cournil, François Kalaydjian. Chemical instabilities and "shocks" in a non linear convection problem issued from geology. Chemical Instabilities, G. Nicolis et F.Baras, pp.341-348, 1984. ⟨emse-00504425⟩
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