#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Plot the jet-instability growth rate for 2018 Part II Paper 2, question 38.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np kh = np.linspace(0.0, 5.0, 1000) growth = 0.5 * kh * np.sqrt(1.0 - np.exp(-4.0 * kh)) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2, 4.4), layout="constrained") ax.plot(kh, growth, linewidth=2.6, label="varicose = sinuous") small = np.linspace(0.0, 0.9, 200) ax.plot(small, small**1.5, linestyle="--", label=r"long wave: $(kh)^{3/2}$") ax.plot(kh, 0.5 * kh, linestyle=":", linewidth=2.0, label=r"short wave: $kh/2$") ax.set_xlabel(r"$kh$") ax.set_ylabel(r"$\sigma_R h/U$") ax.set_title("Equal-density top-hat planar jet") ax.set_xlim(0.0, 5.0) ax.set_ylim(0.0, 2.6) ax.grid(alpha=0.2) ax.legend(loc="upper left") output = Path(Path(__file__).stem + ".png") fig.savefig(output, dpi=100, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig)