Bifurcation and stability of complex flows
Abstract
The work performed under this Contract was principally concerned with the theoretical investigation of bifurcation and stability phenomena in complex fluid flows. A major part of the effort was devoted to the study of viscoelastic fluids, with special emphasis on the problems concerned with convective instabilities. Both model systems and fluid governing equations were investigated. The dependence of predicted behavior on constitutive relations became very clear. Other convection-type problems considered included coupled thermal loops and convection pattern in the presence of a melting-freezing interface.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- October 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985iit..rept.....R
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Layer Separation;
- Convective Flow;
- Flow Stability;
- Fluid Flow;
- Nonlinear Systems;
- Coupling;
- Separated Flow;
- Thermoviscoelasticity;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer