On the stability of mixed convective motions in a vertical layer with wave-like boundaries (Q1075162)

The stability of the stationary and oscillatory convective motions which develop in a vertical layer with periodically curved boundaries is studied for the case of longitudinal fluid injection. The amplitude of the boundary undulations and the flow of fluid along the layer are both assumed to be small, and methods of perturbation theory are used. The characteristic properties of the incremental spectrum of the spatially periodic motions are studied and the most dangerous types of perturbations as well as the forms of the stability regions are determined.