Numerical approximation of the spectra of Poiseuille flow of two Phan-Thien Tanner liquids
A.S. Palmer*, T.N. Phillips
School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4YH, UK
ABSTRACT
The eigenspectrum for the planar Poiseuille flow of two immiscible Phan-Thien Tanner liquids is studied. The numerical method is to discretise spectrally employing the Chebyshev-tau method and the full set of eigenvalues are determined by the QZ-algorithm. The effects of variations in the fluid parameters are investigated and comparisons are made between the two-fluid and single fluid cases. The flow is found to be stable for the ranges of parameters investigated so far.
Keywords:
Phan-Thien Tanner liquids; Visco-elastic liquids; Poiseuille flow; Two-layer flow; Chebyshev; Eigenspectrum; Linear stability analysis