Direct numerical simulation of hydrodynamic instabilities in two- and three-dimensional viscoelastic free shear layers

DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00095-0zbMath0946.76020MaRDI QIDQ1303039

Satish Kumar, G. M. Homsy

Publication date: 17 October 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0257(98)00095-0

zbMATH Keywords

vorticity concentration; secondary instability; free shear layers; spatially periodic flow; addition of polymer; polymer stress gradients; roll-up instability; viscoelastic FENE-P model; viscoelastic quasi-steady state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A10: Viscoelastic fluids

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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