Long Wavelength Instability for Uniform Shear Flow
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Uniform Shear Flow is a prototype nonequilibrium state admitting detailed study at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels via theory and computer simulation. It is shown that the hydrodynamic equations for this state have a long wavelength instability. This result is obtained first from the Navier-Stokes equations and shown to apply at both low and high densities. Next, higher order rheological effects are included using a model kinetic theory. The results are compared favorably to those from Monte Carlo simulation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9604187,
title = {Long Wavelength Instability for Uniform Shear Flow},
author = {Mirim Lee and James W. Dufty and José M. Montanero and Andrés Santos and James F. Lutsko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9604187},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, including 2 figures