HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY OF SOME SPATIALLY PERIODIC FLOWS,
Abstract
The stability of the incompressible, boundary-free, parallel flow whose velocity profile is the cosine is considered. A two-dimensional cellular flow is also considered. The method of small perturbations is used to linearize the equations of motion about the basic flow. The boundary condition imposed is that the perturbation shall be bounded in space. The time dependence of the perturbation, assumed exponential, is chosen so that stability depends on the imaginary part of a parameter, c, which is considered to be the eigenvalue. Other parameters of interest are the Reynolds number, R, and, for the parallel flow, the wave number of the perturbation, alpha. Formulating the eigenvalue equation as the vanishing of an infinite determinant aids in calculating the neutral curve near the critical Reynolds number. The curve intersects the R axis at Rc. For large values of R it approaches alpha = 1 asymptotically. The eigenvalue spectrum consists of an infinity of bands, separated by small gaps, lying along the imaginary axis of the c plane. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0275426
Entities
People
- Thomas J. Eisler
Organizations
- University of Michigan