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Stability of viscous motion for finite disturbances
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Author(s)
Stuart, John Trevor
Type
Thesis
Abstract
The problem of breakdown of laminar flow into turblence has engaged the attention of scientists for many years. Osborne Reynolds (1883) first discovered that transition occurs for a certain value of his now well known Reynolds' Number. The concept of energy of disturbance was used by Reynolds: that if the distrubance grows, energy is absorbed from the basic flow at a greater rate than it is dissipated by viscosity; if it decays, the viscous damping is more important factor.
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Open Access
Date Issued
1951
Date Awarded
1951
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DOI
Copyright Statement
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives Licence
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Publisher Department
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science and Technology.
Publisher Institution
Imperial College London
Qualification Level
Doctoral
Qualification Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)