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Wave velocity in parallel flows of a viscous fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Chia-Shun Yih
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mechanics, The University of Michigan

Abstract

It is shown in this note that the velocity of unstable or neutral waves in plane Poiseuille flow or plane Couette-Poiseuille flow, or of axisymmetric waves in Poiseuille flow, stable or unstable, must lie within the range of the velocity of the flow.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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