The stability of pipe flow Part 1. Asymptotic analysis for small wave-numbers
Autor: | William Paul Graebel |
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Rok vydání: | 1970 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 43:279-290 |
ISSN: | 1469-7645 0022-1120 |
DOI: | 10.1017/s0022112070002379 |
Popis: | The instability of Poiseuille flow in a pipe is considered for small disturbances. An asymptotic analysis is used which is similar to that found successful in plane Poiseuille flow. The disturbance is taken to travel in a spiral fashion, and comparison of the radial velocity component with the transverse component in the plane case shows a high degree of similarity, particularly near the critical point where the disturbance and primary flow travel with the same speed. Instability is found for azimuthal wave-numbers of 2 or greater, although the corresponding minimum Reynolds numbers are too small to compare favourably with either experiments or the initial restrictions on the magnitude of the wave-number. |
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