Abstract
The structure of normal modes in viscous compressible plane Couette flow is investigated. The spectrum is found to consist of two types of modes: the viscous modes, which obtain finite phase velocities by the mechanism of mode pairing; and the sonic modes, whose phase velocity becomes distorted in the supersonic regime. This leads to mode crossings which unfold, depending on the type of crossing modes, either into purely sonic or viscous-sonic instability bands. The latter provide a new example for viscous instability. Both mode pairing of viscous modes and distortion of the phase velocity of sonic modes is caused by the shear. Critical Reynolds numbers for the instabilities are derived.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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