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A note on the growth of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves on thin liquid sheets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

G. D. Crapper
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
N. Dombrowski
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
W. P. Jepson
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
G. A. D. Pyott
Affiliation:
University of Leeds

Abstract

A photographic study has been made of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves on thin liquid sheets and it has been found that, contrary to two-dimensional theory, wave growth is critically dependent upon sheet velocity and distance from the origin. This is attributed to boundary-layer separation and to subsequent vortex growth.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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