A wave interaction approach to studying non-modal homogeneous and stratified shear instabilities
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Abstract: Holmboe (1962) postulated that resonant interaction between two or more progressive, linear interfacial waves produces exponentially growing instabilities in idealized (broken-line profiles), homogeneous or density stratified, inviscid shear layers. In this paper, we generalize Holmboe's mechanistic picture of linear shear instabilities by (i) not initially specifying the type of the waves, and (ii) by providing the option for non-normal growth. We demonstrate the mechanism behind linear shear instabilities by proposing a purely kinematic model consisting of two linear, Doppler-shifted, progressive interfacial waves moving in opposite directions. Moreover, we have found a necessary and sufficient (N&S) condition for the existence of exponentially growing instabilities in idealized shear flows. The two interfacial waves, starting from arbitrary initial conditions, eventually phase-lock and resonate (grow exponentially), provided the N&S condition is satisfied. The instability mechanism occurring prior to reaching steady state is non-modal, favouring rapid transient growth. The theoretical underpinnings of our wave interaction model is analogous to that of synchronization between two coupled harmonic oscillators. Our proposed model is used to study three well known types of shear instabilities - Rayleigh/Kelvin-Helmholtz, Holmboe and Taylor-Caulfield. We show that the N&S condition provides a range of unstable wavenumbers for each instability type, and this range matches the predictions of the canonical normal-mode based linear stability theory.
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