A mechanism for oscillatory instability in viscoelastic cross-slot flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112008005119zbMath1165.76339arXivphysics/0703262OpenAlexW2621348474MaRDI QIDQ3620666

Michael D. Graham, Li Xi

Publication date: 14 April 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0703262

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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