Generalized Couette–Poiseuille flow with boundary mass transfer (Q4243885)

In cylindrical coordinates \((r,\theta,z)\) the Navier-Stokes equations for steady pseudo-axisymmetric flow of the second kind admit similarity solutions that mimic pressure driven flow of a viscous fluid through an infinitely long straight annular pipe with porous, rotating, translating, twisting and accelerating cylinder walls. Through ansatz \(\Psi(r,z)=\nu F(r^2)+G(r^2)\), \(v_r=\frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial\Psi}{\partial\;z}=\nu F(r^2)\), \(v_z=-\frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial\Psi}{\partial r}=-2\nu F'(r^2)z-2G'( r^2)\), \(rv_\theta=H(r^2)+4\nu r^2E(r^2)z\), the problem is reduced to the solution of four ordinary differential equations for the functions \(F(s)\), \(G(s)\), \(H(s)\) and \(E(s)\), where \(s=r^2\). To fulfil boundary conditions for \(E(s)\) (twisting and accelerating cylinder walls) is physically unrealistic. Therefore \(E(s) \equiv 0\), and the remaining three differential equations to be solved are the following: \(2sF'''+(2-F)F''+F'{}^2 = C_1\), \(2sG'''+(2-F)G''+F'G' = C_2\), \(2sH''-FH' = 0\). These equations, in a slightly different form, can already be found in \textit{R. Berker}: Integration des équations du mouvement d'un fluide visqueux incompressible, in [\textit{S. Fluegge} and \textit{C. Truesdell}, Handbuch der Physik. Band VIII/2: Strömungsmechanik II. Encyclopedia of physics. Mitherausgeber C. Truesdell (German), Berlin-Göttingen-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. VI (1963; Zbl 0112.18203)]. In the paper under review, these differential equations, written in an unessentially different form, are solved numerically and discussed for various combinations of boundary conditions at two different values of \(r\). No reference is made to the above derivation of the differential equations by R. Berker.