Stability of plane Poiseuille flow of a fluid with pressure-dependent viscosity

Tran, Thien Duc and Suslov, Sergey A. (2008) Stability of plane Poiseuille flow of a fluid with pressure-dependent viscosity. In: XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ICTAM 2008, 24-29 Aug 2008, Adelaide, Australia.

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Abstract

We study the linear stability of a plane Poiseuille flow of an incompressible fluid whose viscosity depends linearly on the pressure. It is shown that the local critical Reynolds number is a sensitive function of the applied pressure gradient and that it decreases along the channel. While in the limit of small pressure gradients conventional results for a pressure-independent Newtonian fluid are recovered, a significant stabilisation of the flow and an elongation of the critical disturbance wavelength are observed when
the longitudinal pressure gradient is increased. These features drastically distinguish the stability characteristics of a piezo-viscous flow from its pressure-independent Newtonian counterpart.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
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Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Maths and Computing
Date Deposited:	01 Jan 2010 05:31
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 23:06
Uncontrolled Keywords:	piezo-viscous fluid, Poiseuille flow
Fields of Research :	02 Physical Sciences > 0203 Classical Physics > 020303 Fluid Physics
Socio-Economic Objective:	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970102 Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970101 Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/4373

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