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This paper describes some results of a research project to study the stability characteristics of elementary time periodic parallel flows. The purpose of this study is to learn how time periodic oscillations modify the stability characteristics of steady flows. It is useful to understand such effects because small amplitude time periodic modulations of a flow may be a way to either enhance or delay mixing processes if the modulations destabilize or stabilize the underlying steady flow.
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von Kerczek, C. (1987). Stability Characteristics of Some Oscillatory Flows-Poiseuille, Ekman and Films. In: Dwoyer, D.L., Hussaini, M.Y. (eds) Stability of Time Dependent and Spatially Varying Flows. ICASE NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4724-1_12
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