Spectra of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation: The plane Poiseuille flow for the normal fluid revisited
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0989.76015
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/34/16/306
published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
publication date: 2001-09-11T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76E05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76M22
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34L16
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34L40
zbMATH DE Number: 1644841
zbMATH Keywords: Orr-Sommerfeld equation
zbMATH Keywords: strange spectra
zbMATH Keywords: spectral Chebyshev method
zbMATH Keywords: preconditioned complex matrix solver
zbMATH Keywords: hydrodynamic instability
zbMATH Keywords: spurious modes
zbMATH Keywords: plane Poiseuille flow
zbMATH Keywords: eigenvalues
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/34/16/306
OpenAlex ID: W2081863560
title: Spectra of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation: The plane Poiseuille flow for the normal fluid revisited
author: W. Kwang-Hua Chu
review text: When solving the Orr-Sommerfeld equation (OSE) of hydrodynamic instability theory by numerical techniques, the occurrence of the so-called spurious modes is often observed. In the present paper, a spectral Chebyshev approach combined with a preconditioned complex matrix solver is used to solve the OSE, and the author reports (for plane Poiseuille flow) the occurrence of strange spectra which are so far not related to the spurious modes, and which have never been mentioned in the literature before. These strange spectra, being one pair of eigenvalues corresponding to the specific Reynolds number \(Re\) and the wavenumber \(a\), have almost the same real parts (phase speeds) but different imaginary parts (amplifying factors). The behavior of these strange spectra disappears as \(\text{Re} \to 400\). In the present paper, seven such pairs of eigenvalues are listed for Reynolds numbers ranging between 500 and 5750, and for wavenumbers ranging between 0.8 and 1.8.
reviewed by: Nina Kirchner
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