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Finite amplitude side-band stability of a viscous film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

S. P. Lin
S. P. Lin
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676
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Abstract

The nonlinear stability of a viscous film flowing steadily down an inclined plane is investigated by the method of multiple scales. It is shown that the super-critically stable, finite amplitude, long, monochromatic wave obtained by Lin (1969, 1970, 1971) is stable to side-band disturbances under modal interaction if the bandwidth is less in magnitude than to the ratio of the amplitude to the film thickness. Near the upper branch of the linear neutral-stability curve where the amplification rate ci is O(ε2), the nonlinear evolution of initially infinitesimal waves of a finite bandwidth is shown to obey the Landau-Stuart equation, Near the lower branch of the neutral curve, the nonlinear evolution is stronger. An equation is derived for describing this strong nonlinear development of relatively long waves. In practice, disturbance of this type clusters in the form of a hump which cannot be constructed only by the first few harmonics.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , 29 April 1974 , pp. 417 - 429
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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