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Linear stability of plane Couette flow at moderate Reynolds numbers

Posted on:2001-10-08Degree:M.ScType:Thesis
University:McGill University (Canada)Candidate:Sirisup, SirodFull Text:PDF
GTID:2462390014960258Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
The linear stability of plane Couette floe is studied by using a symbolic computation package (Mathematica). The power series method is used to obtain the solution of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. This solution shows that plane Couette flow is unstable.
Keywords/Search Tags:Plane couette, Linear stability
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