The influence of initial condition on the linear stability of time-dependent circular Couette flow

J. C. Chen, G. P. Neitzel, D. F. Jankowski

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Abstract

The effect of the starting condition on the linear stability properties of circular Couette flow with a time-dependent inner-cylinder motion is investigated. In addition to the WKBJ approach employed previously by Eagles [Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 355, 209 (1977)] for slowly-varying flow, an initial-value method is also used. Results are presented for different stability criteria.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)749-751
Number of pages3
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1985

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