Shear flow instabilities in pipes and channels

Two broad problems are considered in this thesis. The first investigation focuses on the spatial stability of pressure driven flow in a pipe, while the second problem is concerned with temporal stability of Couette flow in a parallel wall channel. A similar approach is taken with both halves of this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gipon, Matthew
Other Authors: Hall, Philip
Published: Imperial College London 2018
Subjects:
510
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745330