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We derive a perturbed KdV equation to model interfacial waves in viscous two-layer flows. We tentatively speculate that solutions of such an equation might be related to “bamboo waves” observed in recent experiments.
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Communicated by D.D. Joseph
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-9008497 and by the Office of Naval Research under Grant N00014-92-J-1664.
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Renardy, M. A possible explanation of “bamboo waves” in core-annular flow of two liquids. Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dynamics 4, 95–99 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00418238
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00418238