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On the behaviour of small disturbances in plane Couette flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

A. P. Gallagher
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, The Queen's University of Belfast
A. McD. Mercer
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, The Queen's University of Belfast

Abstract

In an earlier paper (Gallagher & Mercer 1962) the numerical results for the first eigenvalue of the problem of plane couette flow were given. The higher eigen-values are now examined and are found to be in agreement with those of Southwell & Chitty (1930), but to disagree with those of Grohne (1954).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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