APPLICATION OF THE GALERKIN METHOD TO SELFADJOINT, NON-POSITIVE DEFINITE EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS IN HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY,
Abstract
The method of Galerkin for obtaining approximate eigenvalues is applied to a class of self-adjoint but not positive definite (M-definite) eigenvalue problems. The present investigation shows that the positive and negative approximate eigenvalues obtained from the Galerkin method are respectively the upper and lower bounds of the corresponding exact eigenvalues. It is also shown that the sequence of approximate eigenvalues obtained using successively more expansion functions converges monotonically to the exact eigenvalues. Finally a method for predetermining the signs of the approximate eigenvalues is given. As numerical examples of the theory, two M-definite eigenvalue problems arising from inviscid stability analyses of flows between concentric cylindrical surfaces are cnsidered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 25, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0601107
Entities
People
- Sherman Tsao
Organizations
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute