Abstract:
We consider the evolution of linear waves of small perturbations of an unstable flow of a viscous fluid layer over a curved surface. The source of perturbations is assumed to be given by initial conditions defined in a small domain (in the limit, in the form of a $\delta $-function) or by an instantaneous localized external impact. The behavior of perturbations is described by hydrodynamic equations averaged over the thickness of the layer, with the gravity force and bottom friction taken into account (Saint-Venant equations). We study the asymptotic behavior of one-dimensional perturbations for large times. The inclination of the surface to the horizon is defined by a slowly varying function of the spatial variable. We focus on the perturbation amplitude as a function of time and the spatial variable. To study the asymptotics of perturbations, we use a simple generalization of the well-known method, based on the saddle-point technique, for finding the asymptotics of perturbations developing against a uniform background. We show that this method is equivalent to the one based on the application of the approximate WKB method for constructing solutions of differential equations. When constructing the asymptotics, it is convenient to assume that $x$ is a real variable and to allow time $t$ to take complex values.
Keywords:linear waves, fluid layer, flow over a surface, instability, asymptotics, saddle-point method, WKB method.
The work of A. G. Kulikovskii (statement of the problem and description of general approaches to the solution of similar problems; Sections 1–4) was supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant no. 20-11-20141, https://rscf.ru/en/project/20-11-20141/, and performed at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences. The work of J. S. Zayko (specification of the problem as applied to the study of perturbations in a layer of flowing fluid, and calculation of the flow; Sections 4 and 5) was supported by a grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists (project no. MK-4090.2022.4) and performed at the Institute of Mechanics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Citation:
A. G. Kulikovskii, J. S. Zayko, “On Waves on the Surface of an Unstable Layer of a Viscous Fluid Flowing Down a Curved Surface”, Modern Methods of Mechanics, Collected papers. On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Academician Andrei Gennad'evich Kulikovskii, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 322, Steklov Math. Inst., Moscow, 2023, 146–156; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 322 (2023), 140–150
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