An algorithmic approach to the linear stability of the Ekman layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112083001615zbMath0527.76032MaRDI QIDQ3042694

Mogens V. Melander

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

linear stabilitycritical pointsspectral analysisoptimization algorithmsanalytical formulas for eigenfunctionsmaximum growth ratesneutral-stability curvesstationary Ekman-layer flow near plane boundary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Bifurcation of the stationary Ekman flow into a stable periodic flow
• An experimental study of the instability of the laminar Ekman boundary layer