A bifurcation study of laminar flow in a curved tube of rectangular cross-section

DOI10.1017/S0022112087001848zbMath0632.76032OpenAlexW2011039175MaRDI QIDQ3770155

K. H. Winters

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112087001848

zbMATH Keywords

Newton's methodsymmetric solutionscontinuation methodbifurcation theorysecondary flowsfinite-element approximationhigher-order singularitiessteady, fully developed laminar flowantisymmetric disturbancessymmetry-breaking bifurcation pointcurved channel of rectangular cross sectionmultiple symmetric solutionspositive of singular pointsunfolded transcritical bifurcation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30)

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