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International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (IJEET)
Volume 6, Issue 8, Sep-Oct, 2015, pp.08-25, Article ID: IJEET_06_08_002
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EFFECT OF SURFACE TENSION ON
KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY
LEKINI NKODO Claude Bernard
P.H.D. Student; National Advanced School of Engineering,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
NDZANA Benoît
Senior Lecturer, National Advanced School of Engineering,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
OUMAROU HAMANDJODA
Lecturer, National Advanced School of Engineering,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
ABSTRACT
The effect of surface tension on Kelvin Helmholtz instability which is the
object of our study, takes place within three layers of immiscible fluids and in
the absence of capillary phenomena. Our work begins with a classical study of
this instability caused by a relative motion between the different layers of the
mixture and. Later we formulate the problem using the fundamental equations
of fluids dynamics, knowing that the velocity profile at the base is linear. We
obtain a rotational part and the irrotational part of velocity which can be
expressed as a potential gradient. By applying certain hypothesis and
boundary conditions we then obtain a dispersion equation which is a
polynomial of degree 4 of the speed. The numerical resolution of this
polynomial shows that longer wavelengths stabilize the flow where as shorter
wavelengths destabilize the flow.
Key words: Instability, Dispersion Relation, Superficial Tension, Velocity
Cite this Article: Claude Bernard, L. N, Benoît, N and Oumarou Hamandjoda
Effect of Surface Tension on Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability. International
Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 6(8), 2015, pp. 08-25.
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1. INTRODUCTION
The study of interracial instability in a porous medium saturated by two immiscible
and incompressible Newtonian fluid layers has been the subject of several theoretical
and experimental work. In this context, Saffman and Taylor [1] found that in a porous
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medium, the instability can be triggered with specific values of the viscosity contrast
between the two fluid layers. Using the Hele-Shaw to model the flow in the porous
medium, they observed a destabilization of the air-glycerol and training grounds,
fingers fingering, which depend on the nature of the fluids, the geometry and the flow
properties of the medium. Later Raghvan et al. [2] performed a linear stability
analysis of the interface, based on Darcy's Law to determine the equation that
corresponds to the rate of growth. In this work, the authors showed that the Kelvin
Helmholtz instability is triggered only when the fluid is placed heavier below the
lighter fluid. Thereafter, Bau [3] was interested in the case of two fluid layers in
relative motion by considering two models: the first model is based on Darcy's law
and the second on the Forchheimer equation. In this study, which is an extension of
the work of Raghvan et al [2], Bau has shown that in both cases, Kelvin Helmholtz
instability occurs if the velocities of the two fluids exceeds a certain threshold. In the
case of Darcy flow, the threshold of marginal stability depends on the density and the
mobility ratio, defined as the ratio of the viscosity and relative permeability of the
medium. El Sayed [4] have considered the case of two dielectrics in the presence of
an electric field using the two approaches used in [3]. The linear stability analysis
showed that, in both cases, the electric field tends to destabilize the interface. In the
same context, Khan et al. [5] studied the interfacial stability both in the presence of
conductive fluids and a uniform horizontal magnetic field. They found that the
viscosity and the porosity have a stabilizing effect, while increasing relative rates of
flow of the two fluids facilitates the destabilization of the interface. Meanwhile, the
stability of two electrohydrodynamic viscous fluids with heat transfer and mass has
been discussed by Asthana et al. [6]. In this study, the focus was on the influence of
the electric field and the effect of the ratio of dielectric constants on the relative
velocity of the fluid. In the absence of electric field, Obied Allah [7] conducted a
study on the Kelvin Helmholtz instability and the Rayleigh-Taylor in a parallel flow
of two fluids, taking account of the viscosity, surface tension and transfer energy and
mass. Recently, Asthana et al. [8] have used the assumption of flow velocity potential
to analyze the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a porous medium saturated by two
viscous fluids. The most appropriate model to study the highly permeable media is the
Darcy-Brinkman. Asthana et al have found that the irrotational flow is, therefore, the
term viscous diffusion, or the term Brinkman linked to the actual viscosity in the
Darcy-Brinkman disappears and the model reduces to that of Darcy. They showed
that the porosity has a stabilizing effect on the critical value of the impact velocity of
the two fluids; the Reynolds number and the ratio of viscosity have a destabilizing
effect on the growth rate and the number number of Bond a stabilizing effect.
In this work we are going to present a contrast to the work cited above, we are
interested in analyzing the stability interfaces between three immiscible viscous
fluids. We perform a linear stability analysis and we examine the effect of surface
tension on the threshold of marginal instability. This paper is organized in five
section as follows: The first section is devoted to the introduction, and in the second
section we present the position of the problem and assumptions, and in the third
section we discuss the mathematical formulation of the problem where we come out
the ground state equation of the system and the sliding conditions at the two
interfaces, then the Bernouilli relationship at the two interfaces, finally we have the
relation of compatibility and after adimenssional analysis we have the dispersion
equation. In the fourth section we proceed to the numerical solution of the dispersion
equation, the interpretation and discussion of results. Then the fifth section is devoted
to the conclusion and perspectives.
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2. POSITION OF THE PROBLEM AND ASSUMPTIONS
Let consider three immiscible fluid layers superimposed. The fluid above is a
stationary gas density 1 , the fluid (2) is a lightweight liquid density 2 and below it is
a heavy fluid density 3 .
We will assume that the flow is along the x direction in the plane (x, y) where y is the
vertical upward.
We have thus two interfaces: The first interface between the fluid (1) and the fluid (2)
and is called upper interface (i.e. a free surface). The interface between the second
fluid (2) and the fluid (3) and is called lower interface.
Y = 0 is considered as the position of the first interface and y = -h as the second
position of the interface.
Deformations are taken into account and disturbances at the upper interface and to
have elongation ),( txy and the lower one will interface ),( txhy
Perfect fluid is considered
Coefficients surface tension acting on the upper and lower interfaces are designated
21 and
Figure 1 Sketch of the system
3. MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION
3.1. Study of the base flow
Assume that fluid (1) moves to the uniform velocity 0U and the fluid (3) is heavy
enough to be considered at rest. The Navier-Stokes and the continuity equation in the
fluid (2) give us:
(1) 0
y
u
x
u
(2b) )(
(2a) )(
uµgy
p
y
vv
x
vu
t
v
uµx
p
y
uv
x
uu
t
u
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Either jtyxvityxuVb
),,(),,(
the basic state, which are flat interfaces 0V which
leads to ),( tyUU , assuming the basic flow is achieved either 0
x
p, the system (2)
becomes:
(3b) 0
(3a) 02
2
gy
p
dy
ud
Equation (3a) indicates that the speed is linear and taking into account the conditions of
adhesion, that ish-y en 0et 0yen 0 uUu
, therefore we have iUh
yVb
0)1(
which gives the following profile:
Figure 2 Velocity profil
This profile shows that the velocities are zero on either side of the fluid layer (2)
therefore there is no vorticity. By cons in the shear layer of the same fluid we have a
large variation in speed and uniform vorticity is given by: kh
UVrot b
2
This layer appears as a sheet of a vortex external disturbance and can oscillate in
the resulting pressure wave is important in that the concavity in the convexity so this
causes an increase of the oscillation amplitude and the upper part carried the fluid
above takes the place of the lower part and gradually they form rollers which move in
the direction of the vorticity. On the other hand, a rotation of the fluid is observed in
this layer which carries along the interfaces. We thus have the appearance of two-
dimensional surfaces of harmonic waves that propagate in the x direction .This latter
provides the base flow. It forms therewith the total flow in which we will study the
instability.
3.2. Basic system Equation
KH in the instability of the advection occurs at the interface of two immiscible fluids,
specifically in the layer serving as an interface that is due to the shear which is
defined herein as the displacement of the layers (1) and (3) relative to each other. The
intermediate layer (2) is called shear thin layer which depends on the shear layers (1)
and (3) which consists of the flow rates of base plus the disturbance. A study of the
basic state allows us to write the equations expressing the system dynamics in the
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advection. Where C is the phase velocity of the wave, we can consider the drive speed
iCVe
In this reference, taking into account the relationship of velocity composition we
have ea VVV
where aV
the absolute velocity of the flow and V
the relative
velocity; aV
is the base flow velocity in which is added to the disturbance. We have
(4) pbb VVVV
. The slopes of the interfaces are small, strains at the interfaces
are represented by ),( txy and ),( txhy where
1),(),( and 1 txtx
3.2.1 Instability study
At upper interface we have : (y = 0) et )(gradVp
(5b) 0y )()1(
(5a) 0y )(
22
02
11
01
jy
icx
ih
yV
jy
icx
iV
U
U
At low interface we have : (y=-h) et )(gradVp
(5d) y )(
(5c) y )()1(
223
11
02
hjy
icx
V
hjy
icx
ih
yV U
If we take in consideration the disturbance we can write (6) 10 ccc where c0
is the base flow velocity and c1 disturbance expression
We therefore have the following equation:
(7d) y jy
εi)x
(ε
(7c) y jy
εi)x
(ε)h
y(1
(7b) 0y jy
εi)x
(ε)h
y(1V
(7a) 0y )(
2
1
2
03
1
1
1
002
2
1
2
002
1
1
1
001
c
cU
cU
hV
hV
jy
ix
V
c
c
c
ccU
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The three fluids are immiscible, it may be particles of a transport medium to
another. The contact condition at the interfaces is imposed by the molecular attractive
forces [6]. The particles of the fluid contact interfaces have zero velocity relative to
each other which means that the velocities are zero.
At upper interface we have 0. et 0 .
1211 nn VV
At low interface we have 0.Vet 0.2322 nnV
(8b) jix
- and (8a) jix
-21
nn
are normal vectors of
nterfaces.
3.2.2. Slip condition
At the upper interface. Normal velocity through this interface are given by:
nVnVV n
122n111
. et . V hence
(9b) y y
ε)x
(ε)h
y(1
(9a) y )(
2
1
2
002
1
1
1
001
cU
x
yxx
cV
ccUV
n
n
After development we
(10b) y )(
(10a) y )(
0
1
122
002
1
121
001
xhxyx
xxyx
UccUV
ccUV
n
n
Neglecting the second order terms in ε, we have:
(11b) 0y )(
(11a) 0y )(
2
002
1
001
yx
yx
cUV
cUV
n
n
Everything happens as if the movement occurred on a flat interface as the influence of
variations in the distance η is of second order where: yy
21
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At upper interface
Consider the normal velocity as nVnVV n
233n222
. et . V then
(12b) y y
ε)x
(-)x
(ε
(12a) y y
ε)x
()x
(ε)h
y(1
2
1
2
03
1
1
1
002
c
cU
h
h
cV
cV
n
n
After development and neglecting the terms of second order in epsilon are:
(13b) y y
)x
(
(13a) y y
)x
(
2
0
1
0
c
c
h
h
Combining these equations gives us:
(14) xx
et yy
1212
where 12
et are disturbances of the same fluid
3.2.3. Bernoulli Relationship
At the upper interface
We consider the gas above as isobaric and pressure 1P equal to atmospheric
pressure. On either side of the interface we can write:
(15b) 2
(15a)
22
2
2
2
11
P
CP
gyV
The difference between these two relationships (15a)and (15b) gives us
(16) 2 122
2
2
2Cgy
VPP
The constant C is determined based on the map that the interfaces are flat in the state
of rest.
(17) 2
2
112 xPP
Then (16)
2 2
2
12
2
2
2C
xgy
V
The calculation of 2
2V neglecting the terms of second order in epsilon gives us the expression:
(17) 2 01
2
00
2
00
2
2
h
Uc
xV cUcU
Substituting this expression (17) in equation (16) we find:
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(18) 2
12
2
120
12
002
2
002 Cx
gh
Uc
xcUcU
By establishing
CccUcU 1002
2
0022
1
and dividing the resulting
equation by 2
we found
(19) 0y 0)(2
2
2
1000
2
00
xh
UcUg
xcU
At the lower interface
We can write at this interface relation
(20b) -hy 2
(20a) -hy 2
233
2
3
3
122
2
2
2
Kgy
KgyV
PV
P
Substituting 2
3
2
2Vet V by their expressions we get:
(21b) 2
1
(21a) 2
1
233312
03
2
03
12220
11
02
2
02
KPhggcx
cc
KPhggh
Uc
xcc
Knowing that; 2
2
232x
PP
unlike after previous relationships then
Dividing both sides by0
c and assume that
2
3
we have the following relationship
(22) -h y )1(2
2
02
212
0
0
xcxxc
g
h
U
We can add an additional condition, the condition of adherence by posing the depth D
of the device and taking in consideration de fact that 0.3
jV
, we then find:
(23) 02
y
4. COMPATIBILITY RELATIONSHIP
This relationship is established after the resolution of the following system of
equations:
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(6i) -Dy 0
(5i) -h y )1(
(4i) 0y 0)(
(3i) -h y
(2i) 0y )(
(i) yy
2
2
2
02
212
0
0
2
2
2
1000
2
00
20
2
00
22
y
xcxxc
g
h
U
xh
UcUg
x
yxc
yx
cU
cU
To do this we must firstly determine the functions 12
et based on the
incompressible character of the fluid (2) and (3) in which we can consider that
0div and 0div 32 VV
ie (24b) 0et (24a) 0 22
The solution of equation are in the following form;
(25b) )sin()(),(
(25a) )sin()(),(
110
2
110
2
kxeBeAk
cyx
kxeBeAk
cyx
kyky
kyky
The (6i) equation become 0)sin()(11
0 kxeBeAk
c kyky by posing
222
BeBeA kDkD
we therefore have
)sin()2
(),()()(
0
2kx
ee
k
Bcyx
DykDyk
Hence (26) )sin()(cosh),( 0
2 kxyDkk
Bcyx
Knowing that partial derivation are giving by:
(27e) )cosh()(),(
(27d) )sin()(sinh),(
(27c) )cos()(cosh),(
(27b) )sin()(),(
(27a) )cosh()(),(
1102
2
02
02
1102
1102
kxeBeAkcyx
yx
kxyDkBcx
yx
kxyDkBcx
yx
kxeBeAcy
yx
kxeBeAcx
yx
kyky
kyky
kyky
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We can put the (4i) equation as
(28) )cos()( 11
00
0
2
2
kxBAcU
kc
x
Eitheir
(29) )cos())()(
())()(
()( 0200
002
1100
002
1000 kxcAcU
cU
kAcU
cU
k
h
UcUg
by posing
(30)
)(
)()(
aet
)(
)()(
000
00
002
1
20
00
00
002
1
1
h
UcUg
cUcU
k
h
UcUg
cUcU
k
a
We have )sin()(02211
kxcAaAa and the (i) equation takes the following
form
0)sin()()sin())((1102211000
kxBAckxAaAacUkc The substitution
of 12aet a
by the expression 11B bA
where
(31)
)()(
)()(
b0
00
2
00
2
2
1
000
2
00
2
2
1
h
UcUgcUk
k
h
UcUgcUk
k
The substitution of expression 11
B bA in the derivation of equation (3i) give us
)cos()(112
2
kxbeeAkAx
khkh
therefore equation (5i) become
(32c)
)1(
;
)1(
;
)1(
(32b) )cosh()(cosh avec
(32a) )cos(h)-k(Dcosh)1(
0
20
03
0
20
0
02
2
2
0
20
0
02
2
1
3121
0
02
20
02
210
0
0
c
g
h
U
cd
c
g
h
U
cc
k
d
c
g
h
U
cc
k
d
kxBhDkdAbeded
kxcc
kec
c
kbeAcB
c
g
h
U
khkh
khkh
The equation (2i) and (3i) give us the following system
(33)
0)(cosh)1(1
0)(sinh)(
321
BhDkkdAekdekd
BhDkAbee
khkh
khkh
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In order to avoid trivial solution we will take the determinant of the system equal to zero
hence (34) 0)1(1)()(coth 213 khkhkhkh ekdekdbeehDkkd
This relation give us
(35)
)(coth)()1(
)(coth)()1(2
00
02
2
0
0
00
02
2
0
0
khe
hDkkccc
kk
c
g
h
U
hDkkccc
kk
c
g
h
U
b
With this equation we have the compatibility relationship which is the following
equation
(36)
)(coth)()1(
)(coth)()1(
)()(
)()(2
00
02
2
0
0
00
02
2
0
0
0
00
2
00
2
2
1
0
00
2
00
2
2
1
khe
hDkkccc
kk
c
g
h
U
hDkkccc
kk
c
g
h
U
h
UcUgcUk
k
h
UcUgcUk
k
5. DIMENSIONNALISATION
By dividing the numerator and the denominator of the two members of equation (36)
by 2
0c we have:
(37)
)1()1(
)1()1(
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
02
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
02
2
2
1
c
U
c
U
kh
k
kh
k
c
U
U
hg
c
Uk
c
U
U
kk
c
U
c
U
kh
k
kh
k
c
U
U
hg
c
Uk
c
U
U
kk
Then we have the following parameters:
number waveonalnondimensi kh
report numbers Froud of inversean Bond
parameterdepth relative h
D
density onalnondimensi 1h
DkhcothY
squarenumber Froude of inverseU
hgZ
velocityonalnondimensi c
UX
(2)et (3)report density fluid
report tension surface
2
02
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
U
gh
gh
k
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We therefore have the following:
(38)
)1(1
)1(
)1(1
)1(
222
222
XXkh
Xkh
ZXX
XXkh
Xkh
ZXX
For the right member, by putting in factor0
kc we have:
(39)
)1()1(
)1()1(2
02
0
2
0
2
02
202
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
00
02
0
2
0
2
02
202
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
00
khe
Ykcc
U
U
kkc
c
U
U
hg
kh
kc
c
U
kh
kc
Ykcc
U
U
kkc
c
U
U
hg
kh
kc
c
U
kh
kc
After simplification we have:
(40)
1)1(1
1)1(1
2
22
22
khe
YXXkh
ZX
kh
YXXkh
ZX
kh
The dispersion Relationship is:
(41)
1)1(1
1)1(1
)1(1
)1(
)1(1
)1(2
22
22
222
222
khe
YXXkh
ZX
kh
YXXkh
ZX
kh
XXkh
Xkh
ZXX
XXkh
Xkh
ZXX
After development we have the following equation
)1(1
)1(2)1(2
)1(24
)1(
)1
2)1((1
1)1)(1(1
1)(1-C
2)1)()1((2)1(1)1)2((
1)1(
1
)1()1)(1(1
))1((A
:with
(42) 0
22
22
2*
*2
22
22
234
khkh
khkh
kh
kh
khkh
khkh
eYeE
eYekh
YD
Ykh
eC
Ckh
YZkh
YeZkh
khe
kh
ZeZ
khkhB
eeZkhkh
Z
EDXCXBXAX
6. RESULTS AND DICSUSSION
We assume that the physical situation is such that the water depth D, the densities 1P
and 2P , and the characteristics U and h of the current, are known quantities. Thus Z is
known. There is one single independent parameter left in the problem, the
nondimensional wave number Kh. Once Kh is chosen, the dispersion equation (42)
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determines X. once X is found, the phase velocity in the laboratory frame is also
found, asX
UC 0 .
7. RESULTS
We have the following result giving us the four roots in function of the
nondimensional wave number Kh :
Figure 3 Sketch of Re (X1) =f (Kh)
Figure 4 Sketch of Im(X1) =f (Kh)
Figure 5 Sketch of X1=f (Kh)
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Figure 6 Sketch of Re (X2) = f (Kh)
Figure 7 Sketch of Im(X2) =f (Kh)
Figure 8 Sketch of X2=f (Kh)
Figure 9 Sketch of Re (X3) =f (Kh)
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Figure 10 Sketch of Im (X3) =f (Kh)
Figure 11 Sketch of X3=f (Kh)
Figure 12 Sketch of Re (X4) =f (Kh)
Figure 13 Sketch of Im(X4) =f(Kh)
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Figure 14 Sketch of X4=f (Kh)
8. DICSUSSIONS
The dispersion equation is an algebraic quartic equation in X as is shown on equation
(42) with coefficients nA that can be readily calculated from (42). Equation (42) has
either four real roots, or two real roots and a complex conjugate pair of roots. In the
first case, the flow is stable. In the second case, one of the complex roots will give rise
to a growing wave mode, and the flow is unstable. It is seen that 0A is negative,
whereas 4A can be of either sign: for small Kh, 4A is negative, whereas for large Kh
it becomes positive.
Let us now consider increasing values of the nondimensional wave number Kh ,
for some fixed value of Z. if Kh is small, corresponding to long waves, the product of
the fourth root is positive. This means, physically, that two wave modes are
propagating with the current, and two modes against it. Two of the modes are
associated with the free surface, and the remaining two with the internal interface.
The stability of the situation is related to the presence of the upper air-water surface
[9]. In the opposite limit, for large Kh , the product of the fourth root becomes
negative. This corresponds to three modes propagating with the current, and one mode
against it. The stability in this case is in agreement with the known fact that high
wave-number disturbances, which have small wavelength and therefore can be
considered to be localized within a small region in the X direction, are stable in
simple shear flow [10].
As an example, Figure 3 to Figure 13 illustrates how the four roots of the
dispersion equation vary with Kh in the case of fast currents (Froude number) on
deep water (D/h= 1000), for delta = 1.02. It is seen that both in the limiting cases of
small and of large, values of Kh the roots are real and the flow is stable.
For intermediate values of Kh, the dispersion equation (42) predicts an instability
band, corresponding to complex conjugate roots. For the input values of Figure 2, the
complex roots are seen to occur when Kh lies between 1.1 and 2.2 (we recall that it is
one of these complex roots that gives rise to an unstable mode.)
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Figure 15 the instability band versus the Froude number Z for D/h=2
Figure 16 the instability band versus the Froude number Z for D/h=1.2
Figure 13 and 14 shows, for D/h = 2 and D/h=1.2, the instability band versus the
Froude number Z. The two solid curves separating the unstable region from the two
stable regions are called the neutral stability curves. They correspond to the imaginary
part of the phase velocity being equal to zero. It is seen that for increasing values of Z,
the unstable region becomes wider, i.e., the Kh interval becomes larger. This is in
accordance with what we should expect on physical grounds: the KH instability is in
general associated with a balance between the destabilizing effects of the density
stratification. For increasing Froude numbers, the destabilizing factor should be
expected to increase in importance, corresponding to widening of the unstable Kh
interval.
9. CONCLUSION
Fluid movements usually cause hydrodynamic instabilities including the Kelvin-
Helmholtz instability. For this study, we used the fundamental equations of fluid
dynamics. Which indicate that for two immiscible and perfect bunk fluids,
compatibility relationship is a second degree polynomial in C. But the consideration
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of three superposed layers fluids (gas-liquid-liquid), such that the intermediate layer is
small enough to be the seat of the vorticity, the compatibility relation gives a four
order polynomial. The numerical study of this equation shows that for very small
values kh flow is stable and if kh exceeds this value, the flow becomes unstable. The
analysis shows that the surface tension contributes to destabilization of the flow.
However, it would be important to extend this study by analyzing the effects of the
viscosity, the existence of a non-linear profile and the study of the superposition of
more than three fluids. So this job certainly has an advantage for the transport of
hydrocarbons in pipelines but also have more applications in physics, astronomy,
oceanography and meteorology.
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