Stability of liquid films adjacent to compressible streams Academic Article

abstract

• An analysis is presented for the linear stability of a liquid film, adjacent to a compressible viscous gas stream. The analysis is valid for all wavelengths and liquid Reynolds numbers. The pressure and shear perturbations exerted by the gas on the liquid are calculated, using a gas model which takes into account the gas viscosity, velocity profile, and heat transfer. The results show that an inviscid, uniform stream model for the gas is inadequate unless the disturbed boundary layer is very thin. Although the present linear analysis is in fairly good agreement with the experimental observations for subsonic flow, it does not predict the observed wavelengths and wave speeds for supersonic flow. 1975 Birkhuser-Verlag.

authors

• Saric, William

published proceedings

• Zeitschrift fr angewandte Mathematik und Physik

author list (cited authors)

• Bordner, G. L., Nayfeh, A. H., & Saric, W. S.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Bordner, Gary L||Nayfeh, Alli Hasan||Saric, William S

publication date

• January 1975

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Physik  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/bf01596080

start page

• 771

end page

• 788

volume

• 26

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01596080