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Short-wavelength local instabilities of a circular Couette flow with radial temperature gradient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2017

Oleg N. Kirillov Open the ORCID record for Oleg N. Kirillov [Opens in a new window]  and
Innocent Mutabazi
Oleg N. Kirillov*
Affiliation:
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina 8, Moscow 119991, Russia
Innocent Mutabazi
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes (LOMC), UMR 6294, CNRS-Université du Havre, Normandie Université, B.P. 540, 76058 Le Havre CEDEX, France
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†Email address for correspondence: oleg.kirillov@northumbria.ac.uk
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Abstract

We perform a linearized local stability analysis for short-wavelength perturbations of a circular Couette flow with a radial temperature gradient. Axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric perturbations are considered and both the thermal diffusivity and the kinematic viscosity of the fluid are taken into account. The effect of asymmetry of the heating both on centrifugally unstable flows and on the onset of instabilities of centrifugally stable flows, including flows with a Keplerian shear profile, is thoroughly investigated. It is found that an inward temperature gradient destabilizes the Rayleigh-stable flow either via Hopf bifurcation if the liquid is a very good heat conductor or via steady state bifurcation if viscosity prevails over the thermal conductance.

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Convection: Buoyancy-driven instability Convection: Convection in cavities Geophysical and Geological Flows: Rotating flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 818 , 10 May 2017 , pp. 319 - 343
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