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On the instability of the flow in an oscillating tank of fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Philip Hall
Philip Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Abstract

The instability of a viscous fluid inside a rectangular tank oscillating about an axis parallel to the largest face of the tank is investigated in the linear regime. The flow is shown to be unstable to both longitudinal roll and standing wave instabilities. The particular cases of low and high oscillation frequencies are discussed in detail. The relationship between the roll instability and convective or centrifugal instabilities in unsteady boundary layers is discussed. The eigenvalue problems associated with the roll and standing wave instabilities are solved using Floquet theory and a combination of numerical and asymptotic methods. The results obtained are compared to the recent experimental investigation of Bolton & Maurer (1994) which indeed provided the stimulus for the present investigation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 268 , 10 June 1994 , pp. 315 - 331
Copyright
© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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