Abstract
AbstractThe definitions of temporal instability and of spatial instability in a flow system are comparatively surveyed. The simple model of one-dimensional Burgers’ flow is taken as the scenario where such different conceptions of instability are described. The temporal analysis of instability stems from Lyapunov’s theory, while the spatial analysis of instability interchanges time and space in defining the evolution variable. Thus, the growth rate parameter for temporally unstable perturbations of a basic flow state is to be replaced by a spatial growth rate when a coordinate assumes the role of evolution variable. Finally, the idea of spatial instability is applied to a Rayleigh-Bénard system given by a fluid-saturated horizontal porous layer with an anisotropic permeability and impermeable boundaries kept at different uniform temperatures.
Funder
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Universitá e della Ricerca
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Applied Mathematics,General Mathematics
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