Effect of Finite Thickness Flexible Boundary Upon the Stability of a Poiseuille Flow

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The stability behavior, the stress, and velocity distributions for a plane Poiseuille flow bounded by a finite thickness elastic layer is studied. The analysis is performed by utilizing the coupled relationships between the Orr-Sommerfeld stability equation for the fluid and the Navier equations for the solid. The numerical instabilities experienced in the solution of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation have been overcome with the use of Davey’s orthonormalization technique. This study focuses only on the Tollimen-Schlichting instabilities. This mode is the most unstable of the three different types of instabilities. The results show that certain combinations of parameters can lead to improved stability conditions. Under these conditions the normal and shear stress distributions may behave completely different in certain regions of the fluid.

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