Numerical solution of a generalized elliptic partial differential eigenvalue problem

DOI10.1006/JCPH.1999.6364MaRDI QIDQ1964170zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. R. Otto, J. P. Denier

Publication date 19 July 2000

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1999.6364

zbMATH Keywords

finite differencesnonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problemnumerical examplespseudo-spectral schemestability of fluid flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Nonlinear eigenvalue problems and nonlinear spectral theory for PDEs (35P30) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Numerical methods for eigenvalue problems for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N25) Spectral, collocation and related methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N35) Stability and instability of nonparallel flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E09)

Review text

On an unbounded domain the authors consider an elliptic eigenvalue problem governing stability of some fluid flow, namely \[ P_{yy}+ P_{xx}-{2\over u-c} u_yP_y- {2\over u-c} u_z P_z- \alpha^2P= 0 \] together with boundary conditions. The function \(u(y,z)\) and the wave number \(\alpha\) are given, while the pressure perturbation \(P\) and the (complex) phase speed \(c\) are unknown. The problem is discretized by finite differences and a pseudo-spectral scheme. At a single interior point the discretized equation is replaced by the normalization condition \(P= 1\). For given \(c\), the resulting inhomogeneous system can be inverted efficiently. Iteration upon \(c\) is carried out until the discretized equation is satisfied at the normalization point, too. Numerical results are presented.

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