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The linear stability of viscous compressible plane Couette flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

W. Glatzel
W. Glatzel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, D–8046 Garching bei München, FRG
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Abstract

The structure of normal modes in viscous compressible plane Couette flow is investigated. The spectrum is found to consist of two types of modes: the viscous modes, which obtain finite phase velocities by the mechanism of mode pairing; and the sonic modes, whose phase velocity becomes distorted in the supersonic regime. This leads to mode crossings which unfold, depending on the type of crossing modes, either into purely sonic or viscous-sonic instability bands. The latter provide a new example for viscous instability. Both mode pairing of viscous modes and distortion of the phase velocity of sonic modes is caused by the shear. Critical Reynolds numbers for the instabilities are derived.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 202 , May 1989 , pp. 515 - 541
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© 1989 Cambridge University Press

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