ON THE STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SHEAR FLOW AT THE NEUTRAL CURVES

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
K. Reena Priya ◽  
V. Ganesh
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Neutral Curves ◽  
The Stability

On the stability of heterogeneous shear flows. Part 2

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Wave Speed ◽  
Neutral Curve ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Neutral Curves ◽  
Stratified Shear Flow ◽  
Neutral Mode ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Small Disturbances

Small disturbances relative to a horizontally stratified shear flow are considered on the assumptions that the velocity and density gradients in the undisturbed flow are non-negative and possess analytic continuations into a complex velocity plane. It is shown that the existence of a singular neutral mode (for which the wave speed is equal to the mean speed at some point in the flow) implies the existence of a contiguous, unstable mode in a wave-number (α), Richardson-number (J) plane. Explicit results are obtained for the rate of growth of nearly neutral disturbances relative to Hølmboe's shear flow, in which the velocity and the logarithm of the density are proportional to tanh (y/h). The neutral curve for this configuration, J = J0(α), is shown to be single-valued. Finally, it is shown that a relatively simple generalization of Hølmboe's density profile leads to a configuration having multiple-valued neutral curves, such that increasing J may be destabilizing for some range (s) of α.

The stability of filamentary vorticity in two-dimensional geophysical vortex-dynamics models

1991 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 575-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Waugh ◽  
D. G. Dritschel
Keyword(s):  
Green Function ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Stream Function ◽  
Potential Vorticity ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Interaction Range ◽  
Inversion Operator ◽  
The Green Function ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Background Shear

The linear stability of filaments or strips of ‘potential’ vorticity in a background shear flow is investigated for a class of two-dimensional, inviscid, non-divergent models having a linear inversion relation between stream function and potential vorticity. In general, the potential vorticity is not simply the Laplacian of the stream function – the case which has received the greatest attention historically. More general inversion relationships between stream function and potential vorticity are geophysically motivated and give an impression of how certain classic results, such as the stability of strips of vorticity, hold under more general circumstances.In all models, a strip of potential vorticity is unstable in the absence of a background shear flow. Imposing a shear flow that reverses the total shear across the strip, however, brings about stability, independent of the Green-function inversion operator that links the stream function to the potential vorticity. But, if the Green-function inversion operator has a sufficiently short interaction range, the strip can also be stabilized by shear having the same sense as the shear of the strip. Such stabilization by ‘co-operative’ shear does not occur when the inversion operator is the inverse Laplacian. Nonlinear calculations presented show that there is only slight disruption to the strip for substantially less adverse shear than necessary for linear stability, while for co-operative shear, there is major disruption to the strip. It is significant that the potential vorticity of the imposed flow necessary to create shear of a given value increases dramatically as the interaction range of the inversion operator decreases, making shear stabilization increasingly less likely. This implies an increased propensity for filaments to ‘roll-up’ into small vortices as the interaction range decreases, a finding consistent with many numerical calculations performed using the quasi-geostrophic model.

The onset of convective instability in a triply diffusive fluid layer

1989 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 443-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne J. Pearlstein ◽  
Rodney M. Harris ◽  
Guillermo Terrones
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Fluid Layer ◽  
Neutral Curve ◽  
Interesting Consequence ◽  
Stability Criteria ◽  
Neutral Curves ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers ◽  
Periodic Bifurcation

The onset of instability is investigated in a triply diffusive fluid layer in which the density depends on three stratifying agencies having different diffusivities. It is found that, in some cases, three critical values of the Rayleigh number are required to specify the linear stability criteria. As in the case of another problem requiring three Rayleigh numbers for the specification of linear stability criteria (the rotating doubly diffusive case studied by Pearlstein 1981), the cause is traceable to the existence of disconnected oscillatory neutral curves. The multivalued nature of the stability boundaries is considerably more interesting and complicated than in the previous case, however, owing to the existence of heart-shaped oscillatory neutral curves. An interesting consequence of the heart shape is the possibility of ‘quasi-periodic bifurcation’ to convection from the motionless state when the twin maxima of the heart-shaped oscillatory neutral curve lie below the minimum of the stationary neutral curve. In this case, there are two distinct disturbances, with (generally) incommensurable values of the frequency and wavenumber, that simultaneously become unstable at the same Rayleigh number. This work complements the earlier efforts of Griffiths (1979a), who found none of the interesting results obtained herein.

Role of the shear flow profile on the stability of magnetic islands

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Smolyakov ◽  
E. Lazzaro ◽  
R. Coelho ◽  
T. Ozeki
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Flow Profile ◽  
Magnetic Islands ◽  
The Stability

The effect of boundaries on the plane Couette flow of granular materials: a bifurcation analysis

1999 ◽  
Vol 397 ◽  
pp. 203-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. NOTT ◽  
M. ALAM ◽  
K. AGRAWAL ◽  
R. JACKSON ◽  
S. SUNDARESAN
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Granular Materials ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Numerical Continuation ◽  
Infinite Plane ◽  
Wall Boundary Conditions ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Oriented Parallel

The tendency of granular materials in rapid shear ow to form non-uniform structures is well documented in the literature. Through a linear stability analysis of the solution of continuum equations for rapid shear flow of a uniform granular material, performed by Savage (1992) and others subsequently, it has been shown that an infinite plane shearing motion may be unstable in the Lyapunov sense, provided the mean volume fraction of particles is above a critical value. This instability leads to the formation of alternating layers of high and low particle concentrations oriented parallel to the plane of shear. Computer simulations, on the other hand, reveal that non-uniform structures are possible even when the mean volume fraction of particles is small. In the present study, we have examined the structure of fully developed layered solutions, by making use of numerical continuation techniques and bifurcation theory. It is shown that the continuum equations do predict the existence of layered solutions of high amplitude even when the uniform state is linearly stable. An analysis of the effect of bounding walls on the bifurcation structure reveals that the nature of the wall boundary conditions plays a pivotal role in selecting that branch of non-uniform solutions which emerges as the primary branch. This demonstrates unequivocally that the results on the stability of bounded shear flow of granular materials presented previously by Wang et al. (1996) are, in general, based on erroneous base states.

Shear flow instability in a conducting viscous fluid

1973 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-490
Author(s):  
B. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Flow Instability ◽  
Approximate Solutions ◽  
Viscous Fluids ◽  
Neutral Stability ◽  
Parallel Magnetic Field ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Shear Flow Instability

The effect of a parallel magnetic field upon the stability of the plane interface between two conducting viscous fluids in uniform relative motion is considered. A parameter reduction, which has not previously been noted, is employed to facilitate the solution of the problem. Neutral stability curves for unrestricted ranges of the governing parameters are found, and the approximate solutions of other authors are examined in this light.

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