Effect of slip on the linear stability of flow through a tube |
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Authors: | Miccal T Matthews and James M Hill |
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Institution: | (1) Nanomechanics Group, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2252, Australia |
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Abstract: | A theoretical investigation of the linear stability of the flow of a Newtonian fluid through a tube is presented using an
alternative boundary condition to the standard no-slip condition. The linear stability analysis is based on the classical
method of infinitesimal axially symmetric harmonic perturbations super-imposed on the steady state solution. In this analysis
the standard no-slip boundary condition is replaced with the Navier boundary condition, independently proposed over a hundred
years ago by both Navier and Maxwell. This boundary condition contains an extra parameter, which may be regarded as a positive
slip length. The aim of this analysis is to assess the effect of a nonzero slip length on the behavior of infinitesimal disturbances
in the flow through a tube. It is demonstrated that for positive slip the rate of decay of the least damped disturbance is
reduced, although the flow still remains stable to all infinitesimal disturbances of the type considered, as it does for the
no-slip boundary condition. |
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