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absolute and convective instability: a standalone construct

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Fluid mechanics

the distinction between flow disturbances that grow in place and take over the whole flow and those that grow while being swept downstream.

In fluid mechanics, absolute and convective instability refers to the distinction between flow disturbances that grow in place and take over the whole flow and those that grow while being swept downstream. This meaning comes from Huerre (1990) in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Huerre, P., & Monkewitz, P. A. (1990). Local and Global Instabilities in Spatially Developing Flows. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 22(1), 473-537. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fl.22.010190.002353

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