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Squire's theorem for nonlinear monotone energy stability

Mathematical Physics 2023-04-26 v1 math.MP

Abstract

The Squire's theorem holds for parallel shear flows governed by the linearized Navier-Stokes equations. Squire writes ``For the study of the stability of flow between parallel walls it is sufficient to confine attention to disturbances of two-dimensional type", Squire \cite[p. 627]{Squire1933}. Instead, for nonlinear Navier-Stokes system it is supposed that the theorem does not hold in general (see Drazin and Reid \cite[pp. 429--430]{DrazinReid2004}). Here we prove that the Squire theorem holds also for nonlinear monotone energy stability of parallel shear flows that include Couette and Poiseuille flows between parallel walls.

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@article{arxiv.2304.12323,
  title  = {Squire's theorem for nonlinear monotone energy stability},
  author = {Giuseppe Mulone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.12323},
  year   = {2023}
}

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7 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2304.11416; text overlap with arXiv:2304.11545

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