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The stability of a two-dimensional laminar jet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

T. Tatsumi  and
T. Kakutani
T. Tatsumi
Affiliation:
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Now on leave from University of Kyoto, Japan.
T. Kakutani
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Kyoto
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Abstract

This paper deals with the stability of a two-dimensional laminar jet against the infinitesimal antisymmetric disturbance. The curve of the neutral stability in the (α, R)-plane (α, the wave-number; R, Reynolds number) is calculated using two different methods for the different parts of the curve; the solution is developed in powers of (αR)−1 for obtaining the upper branch of the curve and in powers of αR for the lower branch.

The asymptotic behaviour of these branches is that for branch I,$\alpha \rightarrow 2, \;\; c \rightarrow \frac{2}{3}$ for $R \rightarrow \infty$; and for branch II, $R \sim 1\cdot12\alpha^{-1|2},\; c \sim 1\cdot 20 \alpha^2$ for α → 0. Some discussion is given on the validity of the basic assumption of the stability theory in relation to the numerical result obtained here.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1958 , pp. 261 - 275
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© Cambridge University Press

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