An eigenvalue search method using the Orr-Sommerfeld equation for shear flow

DOI10.1016/J.CAM.2012.01.012zbMATH Open1429.76050OpenAlexW1988400320MaRDI QIDQ413718FDOQ413718

Authors: Ira J. Walker, David S. II Torain, Morris H. III Morgan 

Publication date: 7 May 2012

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2012.01.012

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zbMATH Keywords

Orr-Sommerfeld equationcomplex wave numbereigenvalue search methodhyperbolic-tangent shear flowperturbation kinetic energyRunge-Kutta integration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical solution of eigenvalue problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L15) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• A method of detection of instability and for determination of unstable eigenvalues in the Orr-Sommerfeld problem.
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Uses Software

• Matlab

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