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Finite-depth vortex-sheet dispersion relation

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Physics Branch of physics Fluid mechanics Shear layer Vortex sheet Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
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For an equal-density vortex sheet a distance h above a rigid wall, with lower and upper base velocities U and zero, a mode ei(kx−ωt) satisfies
(ω−kU)2coth(∣k∣h)+ω2=0.
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The wall changes the inertia of the lower perturbation through the factor coth(∣k∣h).

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2020 / ii / Paper 4 / 38B / i / Solution

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