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Asymptotic analysis of stability problem of plane poiseuille flow for high Reynolds number

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A study of the stability of plane Poiseuille flow at higher Reynolds number is made. Within a “triple-deck” structural framework, the qualitative behavior of the eingenvalue of Orr-Sommerfeld equation is analytically obtained. The corresponding eigenfunction is formulated approximately.

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  1. Institute of Mechanics, Academia Sinica, Beijing

    Wang Fa-min

  2. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Ng. Tiak Wan

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Fa-min, W., Tiak Wan, N. Asymptotic analysis of stability problem of plane poiseuille flow for high Reynolds number. Appl Math Mech 9, 347–357 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02456115

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