A sufficient condition for the instability of columnar vortices

DOI10.1017/S0022112083000191zbMath0519.76022MaRDI QIDQ3669034

Publication date: 1983

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

unbounded domains; axial velocity; unstable modes; three-dimensional perturbations; columnar vortex flows; azimuthal velocity; trailing vortex; azimuthal wave number; axial and swirl velocity components; distance from swirl axis; most unstable wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76E17: Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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