Darcy thermal-time Rayleigh number

ID: darcy-thermal-time-rayleigh-number

With permeability , depth , kinematic viscosity and the relevant effective thermal diffusivity , the Darcy Rayleigh number compares buoyancy-driven Darcy advection to thermal diffusion. It differs from the clear-fluid Rayleigh number by replacing with . Effective heat capacity and porosity factors may be absorbed into the definition of and the thermal-time scale, and must be kept consistent with the chosen Darcy law convention.

New to topics? Read the docs here!