Absolute instability in viscoelastic mixing layers
Absolute instability in viscoelastic mixing layers
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粘弹性混合层的绝对不稳定性
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2013
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T. Zaki
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Prasun K. Ray;T. Zaki
The spatiotemporal linear stability of viscoelastic planar mixing layers is investigated. A one-parameter family of velocity profiles is used as the base state with the parameter, S, controlling the amount of shear and backflow. The influence of viscoelasticity in dilute polymer solutions is modeled with the Oldroyd-B and FENE-P constitutive equations. Both models require the specification of the ratio of the polymer-relaxation and convective time scales (the Weissenberg number, We) and the ratio of solvent and solution viscosities (β). The maximum polymer extensibility, L, must also be specified for the FENE-P model. We examine how the variation of these parameters along with the Reynolds number, Re, affects the minimum value of S at which the flow becomes locally absolutely unstable. With the Oldroyd-B model, the influence of viscoelasticity is shown to be almost fully captured by the elasticity, E*≡(1−β)WeRe, and Scrit decreases as elasticity is increased, i.e., elasticity is destabilizing. A simple ap...