A model for double-diffusive convection in an anisotropic porous layer with a constant throughflow is explored, with penetrative convection being simulated via an internal heat source and subjected to a vertical magnetic field and variable gravity effect. The validity of both the linear instability and global nonlinear stability thresholds are tested using three dimensional simulation. Our results show that the linear theory produce a good prediction on the onset of instability in the steady state throughflow. It is known that as Rc increases the onset of convection is more likely to be via oscillatory convection as opposed to steady convection, and the three dimensional simulation results show that as Rc increases, the actual threshold moving toward the nonlinear stability threshold and the behaviour of the perturbation of the solutions becomes more oscillated.
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