Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science ›› 2024, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (4): 311-316. doi: 10.1016/j.joes.2022.06.024

• Original article •    

Viscoelastic potential flow instability theory of Rivlin-Ericksen electrified fluids of cylindrical interface

D.M. Mostafaa,b()   

  1. a Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Qassim University, PO Box 6644, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia
    b Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, Egypt
  • Received:2022-05-05 Revised:2022-06-03 Accepted:2022-06-10 Online:2024-08-13 Published:2022-06-18

Abstract:

A linear electrohydrodynamic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the interface between two viscoelastic Rivlin-Ericksen fluids enclosed by two concentric horizontal cylinders has been studied via the viscoelastic potential flow theory. The dispersion equation of complex coefficients for asymmetric disturbance has been obtained by using normal mode technique. the stability criteria are analyzed theoretically and illustrated graphically. The imaginary part of growth rate is plotted versus the wave number. The influences of dynamic viscoelastic, uniform velocities, Reynolds number, electric field, dynamic viscosity, density fluids ratio, dielectric constant ratio and inner fluid fraction on the stability of the system are discussed. The study finds its significance in Ocean pipelines to transfer oil or gas such as Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.

Highlights

● The linear electrohydrodynamic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability analysis of two viscoelastic Rivlin-Ericksen fluids has been studied via the viscoelastic potential flow theory.

● The dispersion equation of complex coefficients has been obtaind by using normal mode technique.

● The effect of various parameters on the stability of the system are discussed.

● some limiting cases are considered and recovered previous works.

Key words: Rivlin-Ericksen fluid, Cylindrical flow, Viscoelastic potential flow, Electrohydrodynamics stability