Small Reynolds number instabilities in two-layer Couette flow

DOI10.1016/S0997-7546(00)00109-6zbMath0978.76022OpenAlexW1992228116MaRDI QIDQ1568320

Fabrice Albert, François Charru

Publication date: 31 January 2002

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0997-7546(00)00109-6

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solutionlinear stabilityeigenvalue problemRayleigh-Taylor instabilitycritical Weber numberwave velocitytwo-layer Couette flowcritical Froude numberviscosity stratificationfinite wave number instabilitygravity-stable flowgravity-unstable flowinertial instabilitysmall-Reynolds-number expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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