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The stability of Poiseuille flow in a pipe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

A. Davey  and
P. G. Drazin
A. Davey
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex
P. G. Drazin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol
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Abstract

Numerical calculations show that the flow of viscous incompressible fluid in a circular pipe is stable to small axisymmetric disturbances at all Reynolds numbers. These calculations are linked with known asymptotic results.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , 14 April 1969 , pp. 209 - 218
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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