Stability of flow through a slowly diverging pipe

DOI10.1017/S002211200500399XMaRDI QIDQ5465978zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rama Govindarajan, Kirti Chandra Sahu

Publication date 23 August 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409037

zbMATH Keywords

critical Reynolds numbereigenvalue methodnon-parallel analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of nonparallel flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E09)

Abstract: Although the critical Reynolds number for linear instability of the laminar flow in a straight pipe is infinite, we show that it is finite for a divergent pipe, and approaches infinity as the inverse of the divergence angle. The velocity profile at the threshold of inviscid stability is obtained. A non-parallel analysis yields linear instability at surprisingly low Reynolds numbers, of about 150 for a divergence of 3 degrees, which would suggest a role for such instabilities in the transition to turbulence. A multigrid Poisson equation solver is employed for the basic flow, and an extended eigenvalue method for the partial differential equations describing the stability.

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