Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9691650 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2005 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
The absolute and convective instability of Von-Kármán rotating disk flow with a temperature dependence viscosity of the form μâ²Â = μâ/[1 + ϵ(T â Tâ)/(TÏ â Tâ)] is investigated. With the use of a spectral method, the linear stability equations are formulated and then solved numerically. Solutions have been obtained for various values of the parameter ϵ which controls the temperature dependence of viscosity. It is established the stability of the flow is particularly sensitive to changes in viscosity and even for small positive values of ϵ the flow is much more unstable compared to the constant viscosity case.
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Authors
H.A. Jasmine, J.S.B. Gajjar,