Kelvin–Helmholtz wave growth on cylindrical sheets

G. D. Crapper, N. Dombrowski, G. A. D. Pyott

Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1975 · 84 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

A first-order analysis of Kelvin-Helmholtz wave growth on cylindrical sheets is carried out. It is demonstrated that the growth rate of both symmetric and antisymmetric waves increases significantly with reduction of the radius of the core.

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