Stability of laminar flow in curved channels
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- 1 March 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine
- Vol. 2 (15) , 305-310
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435708243820
Abstract
Occurrence of secondary flow of a viscous fluid flowing under a pressure gradient in curved channels has often been explained by invoking the existence of boundary layers before the primary flow is established. In this paper it is shown that instability can occur even after the full establishment of the primary flow. Chandrasekhar's method is used in the analysis and the relationship between the stability parameter and the wave number of the disturbance for neutral stability is obtained.Keywords
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