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A note on the stability of steady inviscid helical gas flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Knut S. Eckhoff  and
Leiv Storesletten
Knut S. Eckhoff
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Allégt. 53-55, 5014 Bergen-Universitetet, Norway
Leiv Storesletten
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Agder Regional College, Boks 607, 4601 Kristiansand, Norway
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Abstract

A necessary condition for linear stability of steady inviscid helical gas flows is found by the generalized progressing-wave expansion method. The criterion obtained is compared with the known Richardson number criteria giving sufficient conditions for stability.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , 13 December 1978 , pp. 401 - 411
Copyright
© 1978 Cambridge University Press

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