CAIMS/SIAM Joint Annual Meeting 2003 |
TITLE:Nonlinear saturation of centrifugal instability in inviscid Taylor-Couette flow |
ABSTRACT:The nonlinear saturation of centrifugal instability in Taylor-Couette flow is a classic problem, which is normally approached through weakly-nonlinear perturbation methods. Under the assumption that the flow occurs at high Re, and that the disturbance is axisymmetric (Taylor vortices), one may apply the energy-Casimir method to derive rigorous upper bounds on the kinetic energy of the Taylor-vortex flow, without any assumption of weak supercriticality. |
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Monday, June 16th, 2003 Session CP3--Fluids Harricana Room Hotel Le Reine Elizabeth Montreal, Quebec |