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SPANWISE MODULATION OF STREAMWISE ROLLS IN ROTATING CHANNEL FLOW
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UNSPECIFIED (1995) SPANWISE MODULATION OF STREAMWISE ROLLS IN ROTATING CHANNEL FLOW. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, 48 (Part 2). pp. 257-284. ISSN 0033-5614.
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Abstract
The nonlinear rotating channel problem in the neighborhood of the instability to streamwise rolls is studied with particular attention to the spanwise structure of the solutions. A Newton algorithm is developed for the geometry of neutral surfaces and is used to find accurate values for the minimum point of the neutral paraboloid. A Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equation for spanwise modulated states is derived. The derivation is simplified by writing the Navier-Stokes equations as a spatial evolution equation. Accurate numerical values for the coefficients in the GL equation, for a family of basic states interpolating between rotating plane Poiseuille flow and Couette flow, are obtained using a Chebyshev spectral-collocation method with a staggered grid. Analysis of the GL equation points to the importance of spanwise quasiperiodic states and stationary solitary wave-like states for the rotating channel problem with large spanwise dimension.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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Journal or Publication Title: | QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS | ||||
Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS UNITED KINGDOM | ||||
ISSN: | 0033-5614 | ||||
Official Date: | May 1995 | ||||
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Volume: | 48 | ||||
Number: | Part 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 257-284 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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