Determination of the Slip Constant in the Beavers-Joseph Experiment for Laminar Fluid Flow through Porous Media Using a Meshless Method

Abstract

In the paper, a numerical simulation of the Beavers-Joseph experiment is presented. The simulation is based on a meshless method which is called the Trefftz method with the special purpose Trefftz functions. The porous medium is modeled as a regular array of fibers. Three kinds of arrays are taken under consideration: triangular, square, and hexagonal. Firstly, the permeability of the fibrous porous medium is determined by consideration of flow between an infinite array of fibers. In the next step the considered region is divided into two parts. The first half of the channel is a porous medium modeled by a regular array of fibers and the second part which is a free fluid flow region. In the paper, the slip constant existing in the Beavers-Joseph boundary condition is determined in terms of the volume fraction of fibers.