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Instability of vertically stratified horizontal plane Poiseuille flow
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2020
Abstract
We present here the first study on the stability of plane Poiseuille flow when the fluid is stratified in density perpendicularly to the plane of horizontal shear. Using laboratory experiments, linear stability analyses and direct numerical simulations, we describe the appearance of an instability that results from a resonance of internal gravity waves and Tollmien–Schlichting waves carried by the flow. This instability takes the form of long meanders confined in thin horizontal layers stacked along the vertical axis.
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