Nonlinear instability of steady flows generated by a vortex filament in stratified gas (Q2761291)

For nonlinear equations of motion of uniformly stratified ideal gas NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\frac{\partial}{\partial u}\bigg( \frac{\partial^2W}{\partial\tau^2}+W+u\bigg)+ \frac{\partial W}{\partial u} \frac{\partial^2W}{\partial\tau^2} = 0,NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINEW = \frac{g}{N^2} W,\qquad Nt =\tau,\qquad u=-\frac{N^2}{g^2} \int_{+\infty}^r\frac{v_{\theta}^2(x)}{x} dxNEWLINE\]NEWLINE the authors study the stationary solution generated by a vortex filament. It is shown that such solution is unstable. The authors also derive conditions for slowly developing instability. In the above equations, the variable \(W\) specifies the deviation along a vertical of the fluid particles from the equilibrium position, \(g\) is the acceleration due to gravity, \(N\) is the Brunt-Väisälä frequency for an ideal gas, \(t\) is the time, \(r\) is the distance of a particle from the axis of symmetry, and the arbitrary function \(v_\theta(r)\) specifies the peripheral velocity distribution.